PBDB Collection

Nias Island C (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (1.1° N, 97.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 99.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nias Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• probably from the upper Nias Beds (Pliocene) with possibly some admixture of Pleistocene reef terrace fossils

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. J. Boekschoten, M. Borel Best, A. Oosterbaan and F. M. Molenkamp. 1989. Past corals and recent reefs in Indonesia. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 23(2):117-122 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 108774: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2011

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora pistillata, Seriatopora cf. hystrix, Pocillopora madreporacea, Pocillopora verrucosa Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral Seriatopora cf. hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Acropora sp., Montipora sp., Astreopora sp., Dendracis sp. Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral Dendracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Platygyra cf. lamellina, Platygyra sinensis, "Favia rotumana" = Dipsastraea rotumana, Echinopora lamellosa, Cyphastrea japonica, "Cyphastrea niasensis" = Cyphastrea serailia, Favites abdita, "Montastrea cf. curta" = Astrea curta, Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea pectinata Platygyra cf. lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral "Favia rotumana" = Dipsastraea rotumana Gardiner 1899 stony coral Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932 stony coral "Cyphastrea niasensis" = Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral "Montastrea cf. curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Dictyaraea micrantha, Porites sp. Dictyaraea micrantha Reuss 1867 stony coral Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Fungia sp. Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pavona clavus, Pavona microstoma Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral Pavona microstoma Umbgrove 1925 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae	Diploastrea heliopora Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae	Plesiastrea versipora Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Flabellidae	Flabellum sp. Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral