Lahurus (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (9.1° S, 125.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° S, 127.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Felix. 1915. Jungtertiäre und quartäre Anthozoen von Timor und Obi, 1. Teil [Upper Tertiary and Quarternary Anthozoa from Timor and Obi, part 1]. Paläontologie von Timor 2:3-45 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109670: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora elongata, "Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata
Stylophora elongata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Isopora hispida" = Isopora cuneata
"Isopora hispida" = Isopora cuneata Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Goniaraea anomala" = Dictyaraea anomala
"Goniaraea anomala" = Dictyaraea anomala Reuss 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Halomitra tiara Verrill 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Stephanoseris carthausi" = Heterocyathus carthausi
"Stephanoseris carthausi" = Heterocyathus carthausi Felix 1913 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum insulindae Felix 1920 stony coral
 Alcyonacea - Isididae
Isis cf. polyacantha Steenstrup 1849