Benteng West, ISS1.4, Salayar Island (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: South Sulawesi, Indonesia (6.2° S, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 122.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; rudstone and grainstone

• intermediate reef slope, 10-15 m water depth
• moderately well sorted coral-cobble matrix-supported breccia and reefal rudstone, matrix is a medium-grained, calcareous, loosely consolidated grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Bromfield. 2010. Evolutionary dynamics of Indo-Pacific reef corals throughout the Neogene. 1-269 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124784: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.02.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora wilsonae n. sp., Montipora cf. dubiosa, Alveopora "sp. A"
Montipora wilsonae n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
Montipora cf. dubiosa Gerth 1921 stony coral
Alveopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris cf. curvata
Pachyseris cf. curvata Martin 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora "sp. C", Goniopora "sp. B"
Goniopora "sp. C" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora "sp. B" Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia inaequicostata, "Fungia (Ctenactis) echinata" = Ctenactis echinata
Fungia inaequicostata Gerth 1925 stony coral
"Fungia (Ctenactis) echinata" = Ctenactis echinata Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea "n. sp. A", Galaxea salayarensis n. sp.
Galaxea "n. sp. A" Oken 1815 stony coral
Galaxea salayarensis n. sp. Bromfield 2013 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites "sp. A", "Hydnophora solidior" = Monticulastraea solidior, "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera
Favites "sp. A" Link 1807 stony coral
"Hydnophora solidior" = Monticulastraea solidior Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral