Nabire beds, site 99 (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 62807: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 27.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Platygyra phrygia" = Leptoria phrygia, Favites ? sp.
"Platygyra phrygia" = Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites ? sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea ? sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral