Sawang (Neogene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (5.1° N, 97.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.2° N, 99.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Frost. 1925. Description of fish otoliths from the Tertiary formationsof Atcheen, Northern Sumatra. Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost-Indiƫ Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 1:1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223638: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobius vicinalis Koken 1891 goby
 Spariformes - Sparidae
 Beryciformes - Monocentridae
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidarum parvulus n. sp. herring
Osteichthyes
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Percidarum aff. plebejus Koken 1891 bony fish
Micropogon distinctus
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Micropogon distinctus n. sp. Frost 1925
Engraulidarum erectus
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