Where: Indonesia (1.0° N, 97.8° E: paleocoordinates 2.1° S, 100.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nias Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Schroeder
Primary reference: H. Gerth. 1925. Jungtertiäre Korallen von Nias, Java und Borneo, nebst einer Übersicht über die aus dem Känozoikum des indischen Archipels bekannten Arten. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 1:22-82 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 109216: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Montipora cf. solida, "Madrepora duncani" = Acropora duncani, "Polysolenia digitata n. sp." = Astreopora digitata
Montipora cf. solida Bernard 1897 stony coral
"Madrepora duncani" = Acropora duncani Reuss 1867 stony coral
"Polysolenia digitata n. sp." = Astreopora digitata Gerth 1925 stony coral | |
"Seriatopora angulata" = Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Pocillopora jenkinsi Reuss 1867 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral | |
Pavona microstoma Umbgrove 1925 stony coral | |
Dictyaraea micrantha Reuss 1867 stony coral
Porites cf. solida Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Mussa cf. corymbosa stony coral | |
"Maeandra stricta" = Platygyra stricta, Cyphastrea tubifera, "Solenastrea arborescens n. sp." = Cyphastrea japonica, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea parvistella
"Maeandra stricta" = Platygyra stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Cyphastrea tubifera Gerth 1923 stony coral
"Solenastrea arborescens n. sp." = Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea parvistella Dana 1846 stony coral |