Wekmurak (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (9.6° S, 124.7° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 127.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and marl

• coral limestone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Felix. 1920. Jungtertiäre und quartäre Anthozoen von Timor und Obi, 2. Teil [Upper Tertiary and Quarternary Anthozoa from Timor and Obi, part 2]. Paläontologie von Timor 8:1-40 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110017: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia digitalis Felix 1920 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Trochocyathus laterocristatus" = Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) laterocristatus
"Trochocyathus laterocristatus" = Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) laterocristatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Alcyonacea -
Tubipora rubiola Quoy and Gaimard 1833