Jiwani 2(J2) (Pleistocene of Pakistan)

Where: Pakistan (25.1° N, 61.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Ali, P. J. A. Siddiqui, K. Bromfield, A. A. Khan, and P. Iqbal. 2017. Quaternary fossil coral communities in uplifted strata along the Balochistan coast of Pakistan: understanding modern coral decline in the Arabian Sea. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 10(520) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192911: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plerogyridae
Blastomussa sp.
Blastomussa sp. Wells 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora "sp. 1", Goniopora "sp. 2", Porites "sp. 1"
Goniopora "sp. 1" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora "sp. 2" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites "sp. 1" Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora "sp. 2", Acropora "sp. 3", Acropora "sp. 4", Astreopora "sp.1", Astreopora "sp. 2", Astreopora "sp. 3"
Acropora "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 4" Oken 1815 stony coral
Astreopora "sp.1" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora "sp. 2" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astreopora "sp. 3" Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora verrucosa, Stylophora pistillata
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp., Leptastrea transversa
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia "sp. 1", Favia "sp. 2"
Favia "sp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral
Favia "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea sp., "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Cyphastrea "sp. 1", Cyphastrea "sp. 2", Cyphastrea hexasepta, "Goniastrea aspera" = Coelastrea aspera, Goniastrea sp., Hydnophora microconos, Hydnophora exesa, Platygyra pini, Platygyra sinensis, Favites complanata, Favites spinosa, Favites cf. abdita
Caulastrea sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea "sp. 1" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea "sp. 2" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron et al. 2000 stony coral
"Goniastrea aspera" = Coelastrea aspera Verrill 1866 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
[entered as Hydnophora microconis]
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Favites cf. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral