ammonites
Mururoa Atoll, stage 2 (Pleistocene of French Polynesia)

Where: French Polynesia (21.9° S, 138.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 138.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and limestone

• sea level lowstand reef unit
• composed mostly of laminar Montipora caliculata associated with Cyphastrea; unit is 10 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. F. Camoin, P. Ebren, A. Eisenhauer, E. Bard, and G. Faure. 2001. A 300000-yr coral reef record of sea level changes, Mururoa atoll (Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 175:325-341 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97469: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.08.2010