Kendeng Mountains, Putjangan Beds (Pleistocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (7.2° S, 112.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 113.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pucangan Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Pucangan (=Putjangan) Beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithology not reported

• "it is not a true reef fauna, but a biocoenosis which could withstand severe conditions of rapid sedimentation inimical to reef corals in general and unfavorable to the formation of a reef"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: collections by Geo Survey of Java.

Primary reference: J. H. F. Umbgrove. 1950. Corals from the Putjangan beds (Lower Pleistocene) of Java. Journal of Paleontology 24(6):637-651 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42739: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 04.08.2004, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
Acanthastrea cf. hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Acanthastraea
 Scleractinia - Oulastreidae
Oulastrea praecrispata Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Trachyphylliidae
Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Cyathohelia axillaris Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Coenangia polygonalis Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia oppenheimi Felix 1913 stony coral
Balanophyllia complanata Gerth 1921 stony coral
Heteropsammia cochlea Spengler 1781 stony coral
Dendrophyllia digitalis Felix 1920 stony coral
Endopachys grayi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Dictyaraea anomala Reuss 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia concinna Verrill 1864 stony coral
Fungia actinodiscus Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
Fungia inaequicostata Gerth 1925 stony coral
Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Pavona clavus" = Pavona clavus, "Progyrosmilia regularis" = Pavona clavus, Pachyseris compacta, Leptoseris sp., Cyathoseris lophiophora
"Pavona clavus" = Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
"Progyrosmilia regularis" = Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
Pachyseris compacta Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Cyathoseris lophiophora Felix 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Gyrosmilia diadema Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora delicatula Felix 1921 stony coral
Seriatopora micrommata Felix 1921 stony coral
Pocillopora jenkinsi Reuss 1867 stony coral
Stylophora pocilloporoides Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
Stylophora granulata Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora daedalea Forskal 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum stokesii" = Truncatoflabellum stokesii, Flabellum pavoninum, "Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum
"Flabellum stokesii" = Truncatoflabellum stokesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Flabellum pavoninum Lesson 1831 stony coral
"Flabellum rubrum" = Monomyces rubrum Quoy and Gaimard 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus sp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Paracyathus javana Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
Paracyathus nannodes Felix 1921 stony coral
Paracyathus stokesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Acanthocyathus spinosa Umbgrove 1950 stony coral
Acanthocyathus grayi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral