Pisang reef, dredge 403, Licupara Block (Oligocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Reef 3424

Where: Indonesia (4.5° S, 128.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 138.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Early to Late Oligocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J.-J. Cornée, M. Villeneuve, M. Ferrandini, F. Hinschberger, J. Malod, K. Matsumaru, A. Ribaud-Laurenti and J.-P. Rehault. 2002. Oligocene reefal deposits in the Pisang Ridge and the origin of the Lucipara Block (Banda Sea, eastern Indonesia). Geo-Marine Letters 22(2):66-74 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61740: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 27.06.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• sea urchins, bryozoans, and bivalves reported to be present but not identified
Foraminifera
  -
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Gypsina sp. Carter 1877
encrusting
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
  -
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema rubrum
encrusting
Sporadotrema sp.
encrusting
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
encrusting
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
encrusting
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral