DR 302, Rama Ridge, Banda Sea (Miocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Reef 2334

Where: Indonesia (5.5° S, 127.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° S, 135.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reefal platform

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. J. Cornee, J. Butterlin, P. Saint-Marc, J. P. Rehault, C. Honthaas, A. Laurenti-Ribaud, C. Chaix, M. Villeneuve, and Y. Anantasena. 1998. An early Miocene reefal platform in the Rama Ridge (Banda Sea, Indonesia). Geo-Marine Letters 18:34-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70939: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhodophyceae
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Rhodophyceae indet. Ruprecht 1851
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
cf. Dictyaraea sp. Reuss 1867 stony coral
Porites pusilla Felix 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral