Guang Island (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (6.3° S, 120.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 122.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef talus

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. J. Boekschoten, M. Borel Best, A. Oosterbaan and F. M. Molenkamp. 1989. Past corals and recent reefs in Indonesia. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 23(2):117-122 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 108778: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora sp.
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora sp., Montipora sp.
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris speciosa, Pavona sp.
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp.
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp.
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia sp., Acanthastrea sp., Symphyllia sp.
Echinophyllia sp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Oulophyllia sp., Favites sp., Platygyra sp., Cyphastrea sp.
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plerogyridae
Blastomussa sp.
Blastomussa sp. Wells 1961 stony coral