Also known as Reef 3097
Where: Sind, Pakistan (25.0° N, 67.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 66.8° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gaj Group, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Age broadly defined as Miocene but above presumable Lower Miocene and below suspect Upper Miocene/Pliocene.
•More recent data suggest an Early Miocene (Burdigalian) age for the Gaj series (or formation)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and sandstone
Primary reference: P. M. Duncan. 1880. Sind fossil corals and Alcyonaria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologica Indica, Ser. 7 and 14 1(1):1-110 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11292: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 02.08.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Astraeopora hemisphaerica n. sp." = Astreopora hemisphaerica Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Stephanocoenia maxima n. sp.
Stephanocoenia maxima n. sp. stony coral | |
Stylophora confusa n. sp., Stylophora minuta n. sp.
Stylophora confusa n. sp. stony coral
Stylophora minuta n. sp. stony coral | |
Pachyseris exarata n. sp. stony coral
Pachyseris affinis n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Agaricia danae n. sp. stony coral | |
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Porites gajensis n. sp.
Porites gajensis n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Cycloseris magnifica stony coral | |
Leptomussa rugosa n. sp.
Leptomussa rugosa n. sp. stony coral | |
Favites gajensis n. sp., Favites fungiformis n. sp., Monticulastraea solidior n. sp., "Monticulastraea insignis n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis, "Monticulastraea elongata n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis, "Monticulastraea inaequalis n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis, "Leptoria concentrica n. sp." = Platygyra concentrica, Echinopora maxima n. sp., Echinopora miocenica n. sp., Cladocora haimei n. sp., Caulastrea sp., "Antillia plana n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia, "Antillia indica n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia, "Latimeandra gajensis n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis, "Latimeandra reussi n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis, "Latimeandra parvula n. sp." = Goniastrea parvula
Monticulastraea solidior n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Monticulastraea elongata n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Monticulastraea inaequalis n. sp." = Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Leptoria concentrica n. sp." = Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880 stony coral
Echinopora maxima n. sp. stony coral
Echinopora miocenica n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
Cladocora haimei n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Antillia plana n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia stony coral
"Antillia indica n. gen. n. sp." = Trachyphyllia stony coral
"Latimeandra gajensis n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Latimeandra reussi n. sp." = Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
"Latimeandra parvula n. sp." = Goniastrea parvula Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
? Montlivaltia jacquemonti stony coral | |
"Dachiardia densa n. gen. n. sp." = Solenastrea densa
"Dachiardia densa n. gen. n. sp." = Solenastrea densa Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Turbinaria sitaensis Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
Trochocyathus gajensis n. sp. stony coral
Caryophyllia ? gajensis stony coral | |
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Plesiastrea sindiana n. sp., Plesiastrea digitata n. sp., Plesiastrea anomala n. sp., Plesiastrea decipiens n. sp., Plesiastrea pedunculata n. sp., Plesiastrea costata n. sp.
Plesiastrea decipiens n. sp. stony coral
Plesiastrea pedunculata n. sp. stony coral
Plesiastrea costata n. sp. Duncan 1880 stony coral |