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 108776: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
Platygyra cf. lamellina, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea serailia, Echinopora lamellosa, Goniastrea sp., "Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida
Platygyra cf. lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith 1890 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Seriatopora cf. hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
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Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |