Also known as Dessah Goroeng

Where: Java, Indonesia (7.1° N, 112.4° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° N, 112.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• The sediment is a sandy marl. Agree with Pliocene strata of Padasmalang and Sonde both in lithologic character and stratigraphic position. The paleontologic data certainly are in accordance with this view.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

• Unknown repository. Small collection, containing corals and a couple mollusca

Primary reference: C. Beets. 1947. On probably Pliocene fossils from Mahakkam Delta region, East Borneo, and from Dessah Garoeng (Lamongan), Java. Geologie en Mijnbouw 9(10):200-203 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41613: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.07.2004

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