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 108776: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Seriatopora cf. hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith 1890 stony coral
Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Platygyra cf. lamellina, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Echinopora lamellosa, "Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Goniastrea sp.
Platygyra cf. lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
"Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |