Where: Maluku, Indonesia (2.9° S, 129.5° E: paleocoordinates 2.9° S, 129.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• probably Pliocene
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marl and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. H. F. Umbgrove. 1924. Report on Pleistocene and Pliocene corals from Ceram. In L. Rutten, W. Holtz (eds.), Geological, petrographical and palaeontological results of explorations, carried out from September 1917 till June 1919 in the island of Ceram, Second Series: Palaeontology 1:1-22 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127839: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.05.2012
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Taxonomic list
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Pocillopora ligulata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
"Montipora ramosa" = Montipora digitata
"Montipora ramosa" = Montipora digitata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Deltocyathus lens Alcock 1902 stony coral | |
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"Favites virens" = Favites abdita, Goniastrea retiformis, "Mycedium cf. tubifex" = Mycedium elephantotus
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Mycedium cf. tubifex" = Mycedium elephantotus Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
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Porites nigrescens Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
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Dendrophyllia cf. oahensis Vaughan 1907 stony coral | |