Gempol (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (9.7° S, 124.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 12.4° S, 123.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Felix. 1915. Jungtertiäre und quartäre Anthozoen von Timor und Obi, 1. Teil [Upper Tertiary and Quarternary Anthozoa from Timor and Obi, part 1]. Paläontologie von Timor 2:3-45 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109654: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia denticulata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea wanneri, Orbicella boehmi n. sp., Goniastrea retiformis, "Meandrina equisepta" = Platygyra equisepta, "Prionastraea sulfurea" = Favites abdita, "Favia crassior" = Favites abdita
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea wanneri Felix 1915 stony coral
Orbicella boehmi n. sp. Felix 1915 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Meandrina equisepta" = Platygyra equisepta Gregory 1900 stony coral
"Prionastraea sulfurea" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia crassior" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral