Ramandu PNG2.1, New Britain (Miocene of Papua New Guinea)

Where: East New Britain, Papua New Guinea (4.3° S, 151.8° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 151.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yalam Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and packstone

• lower to intermediate reef slope
• coral pebble framework conglomerate and fine- to medium-grained packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Bromfield. 2010. Evolutionary dynamics of Indo-Pacific reef corals throughout the Neogene. 1-269 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124821: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea "n. sp. B", Galaxea kabairaensis n. sp.
Galaxea "n. sp. B" Oken 1815 stony coral
Galaxea kabairaensis n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis "n. sp. A", Madracis labrum n. sp.
Madracis "n. sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Madracis labrum n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora wallaceae n. sp., Alveopora "n. sp. A", Alveopora jessicae n. sp.
Astreopora wallaceae n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
Alveopora "n. sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora jessicae n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastrea "sp. B", Acanthastrea polygonalis
Acanthastrea "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Acanthastrea polygonalis Martin 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria "n. sp. B", Leptoria traba n. sp., Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea gemmulifera
Leptoria "n. sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria traba n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Dictyaraea micrantha, Goniopora "sp. A", Goniopora "sp. B", Goniopora "sp. C", Goniopora "sp. D", Goniopora cf. somaliensis, Porites "sp. C", Porites timorensis
Dictyaraea micrantha Reuss 1867 stony coral
var. spinosa
Goniopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora "sp. B" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora "sp. C" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora "sp. D" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora cf. somaliensis Vaughan 1907 stony coral
Porites "sp. C" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites timorensis Felix 1915 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea heliopora
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral