East Kalimantan, RGM 41756, Pulau Tarakan, Mandul Formation (Pliocene of Indonesia)
Where: Indonesia (4.0° N, 118.0° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 118.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mandul Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; sandy marl and limestone
• soft sandy marls and clays with impure limestones, containing corals, larger benthic foraminifera and a rich mollusc fauna
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Santodomingo. 2014. Miocene reef-coral diversity of Indonesia: unlocking the murky origins of the Coral Triangle. UU Department of Earth Sciences [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/A. Lauchstedt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164630: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.12.2014
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877 stony coral | |
Acropora grandis Brook 1892 stony coral | |
Porites nigrescens Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Pavona decussata Dana 1846 stony coral |