Gawo River, Nias (Miocene to of Indonesia)

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 109219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Polysolenia hochstetteri" = Astreopora hochstetteri
"Polysolenia hochstetteri" = Astreopora hochstetteri Reuss 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Oulophyllia angusta n. sp." = Platygyra lamellina, "Cyphastrea niasensis n. sp." = Cyphastrea serailia, Echinopora porosa n. sp.
"Oulophyllia angusta n. sp." = Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Cyphastrea niasensis n. sp." = Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Echinopora porosa n. sp. Gerth 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
"Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora
"Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites cf. solida Forskal 1775 stony coral