Magar Pir, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan (Miocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Reef 3097

Where: Sind, Pakistan (25.0° N, 67.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 66.8° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gaj Group, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Age broadly defined as Miocene but above presumable Lower Miocene and below suspect Upper Miocene/Pliocene.

•More recent data suggest an Early Miocene (Burdigalian) age for the Gaj series (or formation)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and sandstone

• Unclear if real reef

Primary reference: P. M. Duncan. 1880. Sind fossil corals and Alcyonaria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologica Indica, Ser. 7 and 14 1(1):1-110 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11292: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.08.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea sindiana n. sp. stony coral
Originally assigned to Heliastraea
Plesiastrea digitata n. sp. stony coral
Originally assigned to Heliastraea
Plesiastrea anomala n. sp. stony coral
Originally assigned to Heliastraea
Plesiastrea decipiens n. sp. stony coral
Plesiastrea pedunculata n. sp. stony coral
Plesiastrea costata n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora confusa n. sp. stony coral
Stylophora minuta n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.2, "Astraeopora hemisphaerica n. sp." = Astreopora hemisphaerica
Acropora sp.2 Oken 1815 stony coral
"Astraeopora hemisphaerica n. sp." = Astreopora hemisphaerica Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia maxima n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sitaensis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Leptomussa rugosa n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Antillia plana n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia, "Antillia indica n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia, Caulastrea sp., "Latimeandra reussi n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis, "Latimeandra gajensis n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis, "Latimeandra parvula n. sp." = Goniastrea parvula, "Leptoria concentrica n. sp." = Platygyra concentrica, Cladocora haimei n. sp., Favites gajensis n. sp., Favites fungiformis n. sp., Echinopora maxima n. sp., Echinopora miocenica n. sp., Monticulastraea solidior n. sp., "Monticulastraea insignis n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis, "Monticulastraea elongata n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis, "Monticulastraea inaequalis n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis
"Antillia plana n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia stony coral
"Antillia indica n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia stony coral
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
Originally assigned to Dasyphyllia
"Latimeandra reussi n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Latimeandra gajensis n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Latimeandra parvula n. sp." = Goniastrea parvula Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Leptoria concentrica n. sp." = Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Cladocora haimei n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Favites gajensis n. sp. stony coral
Originally assigned to Prionastraea
Favites fungiformis n. sp. stony coral
Originally assigned to Prionastraea
Echinopora maxima n. sp. stony coral
Echinopora miocenica n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Monticulastraea solidior n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Monticulastraea insignis n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
Valid
"Monticulastraea elongata n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Monticulastraea inaequalis n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Dachiardia densa n. gen. n. sp." = Solenastrea densa
"Dachiardia densa n. gen. n. sp." = Solenastrea densa Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites gajensis n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris exarata n. sp. stony coral
Pachyseris affinis n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Agaricia danae n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus gajensis n. sp. stony coral