Nias Island D: Pliocene, Indonesia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Madracis cf. myriaster
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora pistillata
(Esper 1797)
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Seriatopora cf. hystrix
Dana 1846
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Pocillopora madreporacea
(Lamarck 1816)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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Alveopora catalai
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Dendracis sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Leptoseris cf. gardineri
van der Horst 1921
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Pavona clavus
Dana 1846
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Fungia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Plesiastreidae
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Plesiastrea versipora
(Lamarck 1816)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Goniastrea sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Echinopora lamellosa
(Esper 1795)
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Montastrea cf. curta
(Dana 1846)
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| original and current combination Astrea curta | |||||||
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Platygyra sinensis
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)
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Favia cf. pallida
(Dana 1846)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea pallida | |||||||
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Cyphastrea japonica
Yabe and Sugiyama 1932
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Cyphastrea microphthalma
(Lamarck 1816)
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Geography
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Coordinates: | 1.1° North, 97.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.8° South, 99.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nias | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: probably from the upper Nias Beds (Pliocene) with possibly some admixture of Pleistocene reef terrace fossils | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 108775 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-04 18:56:16 | Last modified: | 2011-05-04 04:56:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-04 18:56:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35039. | G. J. Boekschoten, M. Borel Best, A. Oosterbaan and F. M. Molenkamp. 1989. Past corals and recent reefs in Indonesia. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 23(2):117-122 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |