Where: Indonesia (1.1° N, 97.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 99.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nias Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• probably from the upper Nias Beds (Pliocene) with possibly some admixture of Pleistocene reef terrace fossils
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone
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 108775: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Dendracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Alveopora catalai stony coral | |
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Madracis cf. myriaster Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
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Seriatopora cf. hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral
Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
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Pavona clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoseris cf. gardineri van der Horst 1921 stony coral | |
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Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
Platygyra sinensis, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea japonica, Echinopora lamellosa, "Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Montastrea cf. curta" = Astrea curta, Goniastrea sp.
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
"Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Montastrea cf. curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
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Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |