Dessah Goroeng (Lamongan), Java - Beets (1947): Pliocene, Indonesia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antillia grandiflora
synonym of Trachyphyllia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia variabilis Gerth 1921
Dendrophyllia rutteni
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum variabile Semper 1872
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Barbatia) bistrigata (Dunker 1866)
recombined as Barbatia (Mesocibota) bistrigata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella radiata Sowerby 1825
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Aloidis taitensis (Lamarck 1818)
recombined as Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis
Subspecies: Aloidis taitensis acuticosta
see common names

Geography
Country:Indonesia State/province:Java
Coordinates: 7.1° North, 112.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.8° North, 112.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Dessah Goroeng
Regional section:Lamongan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The sediment is a sandy marl. Agree with Pliocene strata of Padasmalang and Sonde both in lithologic character and stratigraphic position. The paleontologic data certainly are in accordance with this view.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy marl
Lithology description: No lithologic data provided.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: No environmental data provided.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Unknown repository. Small collection, containing corals and a couple mollusca
Taxonomic list comments:Probably not representative of all mollusca.
Metadata
Also known as:Dessah Goroeng
Database number:41613
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-18 17:17:40 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-18 17:17:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11149. C. Beets. 1947. On probably Pliocene fossils from Mahakkam Delta region, East Borneo, and from Dessah Garoeng (Lamongan), Java. Geologie en Mijnbouw 9(10):200-203 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]