Nikiniki (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Reef 2944

Where: East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (9.8° S, 124.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 126.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral limestones and marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Felix. 1915. Jungtertiäre und quartäre Anthozoen von Timor und Obi, 1. Teil [Upper Tertiary and Quarternary Anthozoa from Timor and Obi, part 1]. Paläontologie von Timor 2:3-45 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109651: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia ehrenbergi
Favia ehrenbergi Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Meandrina sinensis" = Platygyra sinensis, "Prionastraea tesserifera" = Favites tesserifera, "Prionastraea cf. quoyi" = Favites abdita, "Prionastraea gibbosa" = Favites abdita, "Prionastraea pentagona" = Favites pentagona, "Prionastraea verbeeki" = Favites verbeeki, "Orbicella annuligera" = Astrea annuligera, Orbicella craterophora n. sp., "Orbicella forskaliana" = Echinopora forskaliana, "Favia cavernosa" = Dipsastraea favus, "Orbicella laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, Cyphastrea wanneri
"Meandrina sinensis" = Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
"Prionastraea tesserifera" = Favites tesserifera Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Prionastraea cf. quoyi" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Prionastraea gibbosa" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Prionastraea pentagona" = Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral
"Prionastraea verbeeki" = Favites verbeeki Dollfus 1908 stony coral
"Orbicella annuligera" = Astrea annuligera Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Orbicella craterophora n. sp. stony coral
"Orbicella forskaliana" = Echinopora forskaliana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
"Favia cavernosa" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Orbicella laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Cyphastrea wanneri Felix 1915 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia (Cycloseris) halophila n. sp.
Fungia (Cycloseris) halophila n. sp. Felix 1915 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites timorensis
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites timorensis Felix 1915 stony coral
forma fossilisprima
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea micrommata, Siderastrea columnaris
Siderastrea micrommata Felix 1913 stony coral
Siderastrea columnaris Felix 1913 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia molengraaffi n. sp.
Symphyllia molengraaffi n. sp. Felix 1915 stony coral