Tapaktuan, Aceh, Sumatra (Jurassic of Indonesia)

Also known as Reef 3498

Where: Indonesia (3.3° N, 97.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 112.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Jurassic (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• mud-mounds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Beauvais. 1989. Upper Jurassic Madreporaria and Calcisponges of Sumatra. in H. Fontaine and S. Gafoer, eds., The pre-Tertiary fossils of Sumatra and their environments. CCOP Technical Publication 19, Bangkok 243-297 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68481: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
  - Burgundiidae
"Circoporella semiclathrata" = Burgundia trinorchii
"Circoporella semiclathrata" = Burgundia trinorchii Dehorne 1916 demosponge
 Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
 Axinellida - Cladocoropsidae
Cladocoropsis sp. Felix 1907 demosponge
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907 demosponge
Cladocoropsis memorianaumanni Yabe 1927 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Milleporidium styliferum stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia suevica Becker 1875 stony coral
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
Stylina microcoenia de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
? Myriophyllia cf. rastellina Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae
? Andemantastraea cf. dreyfussi Beauvais 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Kobyastraea cf. huzimotoi" = Thamnasteria huzimotoi
"Kobyastraea cf. huzimotoi" = Thamnasteria huzimotoi Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Spongiomorphida - Spongiomorphidae
Spongiomorpha asiatica Yabe and Sugiyama