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
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 | |
"Stylina" macgregori stony coral | |
Actinacis maitlandi n. sp. stony coral
Actinacis sumatraensis stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Kobya hemicribriformis n. sp.
Kobya hemicribriformis n. sp. stony coral | |
Montipora antiqua n. sp.
Montipora antiqua n. sp. stony coral | |
Stylophora papuensis n. sp.
Stylophora papuensis n. sp. stony coral | |
Plesiastrea horizontalis n. sp.
Plesiastrea horizontalis n. sp. stony coral | |
"Dachiardia macgregori n. sp." = Solenastrea
"Dachiardia macgregori n. sp." = Solenastrea stony coral | |
Leptoria carnei n. sp.
Leptoria carnei n. sp. stony coral | |
| |
Circophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |