Kanikeh, Central Seram (Triassic of Indonesia)

Also known as Seran, Serang

Where: Maluku, Indonesia (3.1° S, 129.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 125.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kanike Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• "[probably Lower Norian]" (Wanner 1931)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: calcareous sandstone and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Wanner. 1931. De stratigraphie van Nederlandsch Oost-Indie. 19. Mesozoikum. Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen 5:567-610 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204318: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 05.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sundaica seranensis
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Phloioceras sp.
Phloioceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae
Choristoceras sp.
Choristoceras sp. Hauer 1865 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Actaeonina sp." = Acteonina
"Actaeonina sp." = Acteonina d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Natica sp.
? Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Anoptychiidae
Anoptychia sp.
Anoptychia sp. Koken 1892 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Hologyra sp.
Hologyra sp. Koken 1892 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Aequipecten sp., Spondylus sp.
Aequipecten sp. Fischer 1886 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
? Plicatula sp.
? Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis sp.
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Serania sp., Plagiostoma subvaloniense
Serania sp. Krumbeck 1923 file clam
Plagiostoma subvaloniense Krumbeck 1923 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Hoernesia bipartitaeformis
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Molukkana sp.
Molukkana sp. Krumbeck 1923 clam
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita sp.
Palaeocardita sp. Conrad 1867 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia subrhaetica
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha sp.
Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824 clam
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
? Megalodus sp.
? Megalodus sp. Goldfuss 1836 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Gonodus sp." = Schafhaeutlia
"Gonodus sp." = Schafhaeutlia Cossmann 1897 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Coelopis sp.
Coelopis sp. Munier-Chalmas 1887 clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
"Myophoriopsis sp." = Myophoriopis
"Myophoriopsis sp." = Myophoriopis von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia seranensis" = Prorotrigonia seranensis
"Trigonia seranensis" = Prorotrigonia seranensis Krumbeck 1923 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria seranensis