Sulawesi, Siloro-Tonasa II (Oligocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (4.0° S, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 130.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• 28.1-33.9 Ma.

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithology not reported

• small coral patch reefs deposited in low to moderate energy with shallow to moderate depths in the photic zone
• environments interpreted as shallow-water coral carpets.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: NMNH

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 164755: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora lavandulina Michelin 1840 stony coral