Pelaran River near Samarinda, Borneo (Miocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (0.6° S, 117.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 120.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Buxtorf

Primary reference: H. Gerth. 1923. Die Anthozoenfauna des JungtertiÃĪrs von Borneo [Anthozoa from the Upper Tertiary of Borneo]. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden, serie 1 10:37-136 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109041: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp., Pachyseris speciosa, Pachyseris denticulata n. sp.
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Pachyseris denticulata n. sp. Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Fungophyllia aspera
Fungophyllia aspera Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Echinopora pelarangensis n. sp.
Echinopora pelarangensis n. sp. Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sp.
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral