Gunung Batuta, Gelingseh and basal Menkrawit Beds, Borneo (Miocene of Indonesia)

Where: Kalimantan, Indonesia (0.5° N, 117.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 118.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Preangerian, Tf3. Gelingseh and basal Menkrawit Beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rutten

• Specimens housed in Instiuut voor Aardwetenschappen, Utrecht.

Primary reference: C. Beets. 1981. Late Miocene Mollusca from Tapian Langstat and Gunung Batuta, Sungai Bungalun area, Kalimantan (E. Borneo). Scripta Geologica 59:13-28 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42224: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 26.07.2004, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora polyacantha Reuss 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Cyathoseris crassilamellata n. sp. Gerth 1923 stony coral
Trochoseris florescens Felix 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Hydnophyllia applanata n. sp." = Colpophyllia applanata
"Hydnophyllia applanata n. sp." = Colpophyllia applanata Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Coeloria inaequiseptata" = Favites inaequiseptata Gerth 1921 stony coral
Anisocoenia crassisepta Reuss 1867 stony coral
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Tectus (Tectus) pyramis" = Tectus pyramis, "Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus
"Tectus (Tectus) pyramis" = Tectus pyramis Born 1778 top snail
T. T. pyramis tjilonganensis
"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Vicarya (Vicarya) callosa Jenkins 1864 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Strombus) preoccupatus" = Persististrombus preoccupatus
"Strombus (Strombus) preoccupatus" = Persististrombus preoccupatus Finlay 1927 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus (Pollia) bucklandi d'Archiac 1850 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Drupa (Morula) angsanana" = Morula
"Drupa (Morula) angsanana" = Morula murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Apollon (Apollon) bitubercularis" = Gyrineum
"Apollon (Apollon) bitubercularis" = Gyrineum triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Andara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
[entered as Andara (Andara) antiquata]