ammonites
Maraa western transect, Tahiti (Pleistocene of French Polynesia)

Also known as Reef 3983

Where: French Polynesia (17.8° S, 149.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° S, 148.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• unit II (Pleistocene sequence), overlying unit I is 16,000-8,000 years old

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• coralgal frameworks associated with rudstone-floatstones; floatstone-rudstone rich in rhodoliths and coral fragments; sandy skeletal grainstone-packstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, Y. Iryu, and D. B. McInroy. 2007. Maraa western transect: Sites M0005-M0007. Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 310:1-91 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89555: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.06.2009