Ramandu PNG2.3, 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 124823: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora "n. sp. A", Alveopora jessicae, Astreopora "n. sp. A"
Alveopora "n. sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora jessicae Bromfield 2013 stony coral
Astreopora "n. sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora "sp. B"
Goniopora "sp. B" Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris cf. curvata
Pachyseris cf. curvata Martin 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea bewickensis
Leptastrea bewickensis Veron and Pichon 1977 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora exesa, Platygyra "n. sp. A", Platygyra renemai n. sp., Cyphastrea gemmulifera
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Platygyra "n. sp. A" Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra renemai n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina sp.
Oculina sp. Gray 1847 stony coral