West and Central Seram, Indonesia (Triassic to of Indonesia)

Also known as Reefs 73, 74

Where: Indonesia (3.0° S, 129.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 132.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Asinepe Limestone Formation, Sevatian to Sevatian (212.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified rudstone

• Rudstone mainly composed of reef debris, associated with cyanobacterial crusts. Primary framework cavities partially infilled with sediment, made up of various sekletal grains, foraminifers and peloids and lined with ealry diagenetic isopachous cement.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

• Combines several section in west (3) and central (2) Seram

Primary reference: R. Martini, L. Zaninetti, B. Lathuillière, S. Cirilli, J.-J. Cornée and M. Villeneuve. 2004. Upper Triassic carbonate deposits of Seram (Indonesia): palaeogeographic and geodynamic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 206(1-2):75-102 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 38185: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only the most common frambuilders are listed
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Baccanella sp. Pantic 1971
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
  -
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938
Foraminifera
  -
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
 Miliolida - Ophthalmidiidae
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
 Miliolida - Miliolechinidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Sigmoilina sp. Schlumberger 1887
Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endotebidae
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Triasina hantkeni Majzon 1954
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Demospongiae
  -
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris meriani Stoppani 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Oedalmia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
Polychaeta
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