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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Trachyphylliidae
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora grandis Brook 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites nigrescens Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona decussata Dana 1846 stony coral