Sekoerau, Sangkoelirang, Kalimantan, Indonesia (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Loc. 175 of Gerth (1923). Reef 2941

Where: Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia (1.0° N, 118.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 118.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, sandy marl and lithified limestone

• Sandy marl which might have been alternated with the coral limestone or more probably was deposited between the higher parts of a reef.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Molluscs newly described, corals reported and extended from Gerth (1923)

Primary reference: C. Beets. 1950. Pliocene mollusca from a coral limestone of a hill near Sekoerau, E. Borneo. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen 15:305-318 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46490: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 14.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
"Stylophora pistillata" = Stylophora pistillata, "Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata, Seriatopora ornata
"Stylophora pistillata" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
"Stylophora subseriata" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Seriatopora ornata Felix 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites (Synaraea) amplectans Felix 1921 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia (Cycloseris) decipiens Martin 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussa sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Prionastraea spec.
Favites borneensis Gerth 1923 stony coral
Prionastraea borneensis
"Meandrina lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella felixi" = Montastrea felixi
"Orbicella felixi" = Montastrea felixi Gerth 1923 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Angaria delphinus" = Delphinula delphinus
"Angaria delphinus" = Delphinula delphinus Linnaeus 1758 laciniated dolphin shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium traillii Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Pyrazus witkampi n. sp. snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Nebularia) limosa mitre shell
var. ambigua
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus odengensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis
"Conus odengensis" = Conus (Lithoconus) odengensis Martin 1895 cone shell
juvenile
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Drupa (Morula) concatenata" = Morula, "Murex (Phyllonotus) rutteni n. sp." = Phyllonotus
"Drupa (Morula) concatenata" = Morula murex snail
"Murex (Phyllonotus) rutteni n. sp." = Phyllonotus murex snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Arca antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Solidicorbula erythrodon" = Corbula (Solidicorbula)
"Solidicorbula erythrodon" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam
Aloidis erythrodon
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa cockle
Hippopus hippopus Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella radiata Sowerby 1825 clam