Opal, Oriental Misamis, Mindanao (Pliocene to of Philippines)

Where: Mindanao, Philippines (8.0° N, 125.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 125.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; reef rocks

Primary reference: H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1937. On some reef-building Corals of a Raised Coral Reef of Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy (Japan) 13(10):421-424 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45347: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 20.10.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Platygyra phrygia" = Leptoria phrygia, "Platygyra tenuis" = Leptoria phrygia, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Goniastrea sp., Goniastrea retiformis, "Phymastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii, "Favites abdita" = Favites abdita, "Favites virens" = Favites abdita, "Coeloria sp." = Platygyra, "Coeloria lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Platygyra phrygia" = Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Platygyra tenuis" = Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Phymastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favites abdita" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Coeloria sp." = Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Coeloria lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia recta Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
"Montastrea versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora
"Montastrea versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Helioporacea -