Setiu (Holocene of Malaysia)

Where: Terengganu Darul Iman, Malaysia (5.5° N, 102.9° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 102.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone and unlithified, muddy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: P. R. Parham, Y. Saito, N. Sapon, R. Suriadi, and N. A. Mohtar. 2014. Evidence for ca. 7-ka maximum Holocene transgression on the Peninsular Malaysia east coast. Journal of Quaternary Science 29(5):414-422 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 167463: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites linchen stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona duerdini stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora explanulata van der Horst 1922 stony coral
Pseudosiderastrea tayami Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
Siderastrea savignyana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Leptoria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia albidus stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral