Kari Orang, Lower Sangkulirang Marl, Borneo (Miocene of Indonesia)

Where: Borneo, Indonesia (0.8° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 118.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Sangkulirang Marl Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Preangerian Tf3, it isn't clear which fossils come from which beds

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal marl

• globigerina-marl facies

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: Fossils were collected by L. M. R. Rutten in the early 1900's. Specimens are housed in the Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen, Utrecht University.

Primary reference: C. Beets. 1983. Preangerian (Miocene) Mollusca from the Lower Sangkulirang Marl Formation, Kari Orang, Kalimantan (East Borneo). Scripta Geologica 97:49-67 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42310: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 27.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus
"Vermetus (Lemintina) javanus" = Vermetus javanus Martin 1879 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (? Tiara) sp. Swainson 1831 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail
Ancilla (Sparella) rembangensis Martin 1906 olive snail
several specimens
Oliva (Strephona) rufula olive snail
O. S. rufula djocdjocartae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus kutaiensis n. sp. cone shell
Conus pamotanensis cone shell
Conus cf. sinensis cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Conus decollatus" = Conus (Lithoconus) decollatus Martin 1884 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Nihonia witkampi n. sp. snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis Martin 1879 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826