Patanuang Asue (Miocene of Indonesia)

Where: Maros, Indonesia (5.0° S, 119.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.9° S, 128.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tonasa Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Stratigraphy from Wilson & Bosence (1996)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. F. de Beaufort. 1926. On a collection of marine fishes from the Miocene of South Celebes. In H. A. Brouwer (ed.), Geologische Onderzoekingen in den Oostelijken Oost-Indischen Archiepel 117-148 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 187654: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Trygon vorstmani n. sp. de Beaufort 1926 whiptail stingray
Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii - Scopelidae
Scopelidae indet. ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
? Gadidae indet. Rafinesque 1810
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
"Holocentrum sp." = Holocentrus
"Holocentrum sp." = Holocentrus Gronovius 1763
 Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae
"Marosia huismani n. gen. n. sp." = Marosichthys huismani
"Marosia huismani n. gen. n. sp." = Marosichthys huismani de Beaufort 1926
 Acanthomorphata - Chaetodontidae
Chelmo fossilis n. sp. de Beaufort 1926
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Balistes sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829
 Acanthomorphata - Pomacentridae
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Caranx baltruschi n. sp. de Beaufort 1926
Caranx femeri n. sp. de Beaufort 1926
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupea (Sardinella) brouweri de Beaufort 1926 herring
 Megalopiformes -
"Brouweria sp." = Broweria, Brouweria robusta n. sp., Brouweria striata n. sp.
"Brouweria sp." = Broweria de Beaufort 1926 tarpon
Brouweria robusta n. sp. de Beaufort 1926 tarpon
Brouweria striata n. sp. de Beaufort 1926 tarpon
 Anguilliformes -
Mastygocercus vermiformis n. gen. n. sp. de Beaufort 1926 eel
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena crassidens n. sp. de Beaufort 1926 barracuda
Gnathostomata
 Teleostomi - Elopsidae