Nabire beds, site 26 (Pliocene to of Indonesia)

Where: Paupa, Indonesia (3.6° S, 135.5° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 135.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Nabire Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Very weak stratigraphy in the original paper.

Environment/lithology: gray, green marl

Primary reference: H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1942. Younger Cenozoic Reef-corals from the Nabire Beds of Nabire, Dutch New Guinea. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy (Japan) 18(1):16-23 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62800: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 27.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Anisocoenia sp. n. sp. Reuss 1867 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan 1918 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. F" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites "sp. G" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites "sp. H" Link 1807 stony coral