Nias Island F (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 108777: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora madreporacea
Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Goniastrea tenuis" = Coelastrea tenuis, Goniastrea sp.
"Goniastrea tenuis" = Coelastrea tenuis Verrill 1866 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral