Macrossan, Fly River (Eocene of Papua New Guinea)

Also known as Reef 2086

Where: Papua New Guinea (6.1° S, 141.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 132.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• probably Middle Eocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• compact coral limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Gregory and J. B. Trench. 1916. Eocene corals from the Fly River, central New Guinea. Geological Magazine 6(3):481-488 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70667: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.04.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora papuensis n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora antiqua n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis maitlandi n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites deshayesana stony coral
var. inequisepta
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea horizontalis n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Kobya hemicribriformis n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Trochosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Originally assinged to Feddenia
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Dachiardia macgregori n. sp." = Solenastrea
"Dachiardia macgregori n. sp." = Solenastrea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria carnei n. sp. stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Circophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae