Mantanani Islands, Sabah (Miocene to of Malaysia)

Where: Malaysia (6.7° N, 116.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.1° N, 118.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• late Burdigalian to early Langhian age

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. B. Idris and K. H. Kok. 1990. Stratigraphy of the Mantanani Islands, Sabah. Geological Society of Malaysia 35-46 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165770: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa sp., Lithophyllum sp., Lithoporella sp., "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Foraminifera
 Chilostomellacea - Heterolepidae
Heterolepa sp.
Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884
 Rotaliina -
? Coryphostoma sp.
? Coryphostoma sp. Cushman 1936
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculina cf. venosa, "Nummulites sp." = Nummulites, "Operculinoides cf. balcei" = Nummulites
"Nummulites sp." = Nummulites Lamarck 1801
"Operculinoides cf. balcei" = Nummulites
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae
Lepidocyclina cf. sumatrensis
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp., Ammonia cf. sandakanensis
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Spiroloculina sp.
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp., Quinqueloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Austrotrillinidae
Austrotrillina cf. howchini
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Discorbis sp.
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Gypsina cf. globulus
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp.
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
? Textularia sp.
? Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides altiapetura, Globigerinoides transitoria, Orbulina suturalis, Globigerina sp.
Orbulina suturalis Broennimann 1951
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
? Goniastrea sp.
? Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten sp.
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna sp.
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Pitar sp.
? Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp.
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
? Cerithium sp.
? Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell