Telukawur (Holocene of Indonesia)

Where: Central Java, Indonesia (6.6° S, 110.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.6° S, 110.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• The upper reef horizon is 100-150 years younger than the lower.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• coral microatolls in a very nearshore environment, probably the outer reef flat of a fringing reef
• 2 reef horizons of flat-topped Porites microatolls at 0.80 m a.m.s.l. and 1.50 m a.m.s.l.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Azmy, E. Edinger, J. Lundberg and W. Diegor. 2010. Sea level and paleotemperature records from a mid-Holocene reef on the north coast of Java, Indonesia. International Journal of Earth Sciences 99:231-244 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97535: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.08.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp.
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lobata
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral