Kapan (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Also known as Reef 2944

Where: Indonesia (9.7° S, 124.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° S, 126.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and marl

• coral 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 109672: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Goniastrea halicora" = Favites halicora, Goniastrea pectinata, "Meandrina equisepta" = Platygyra equisepta
"Goniastrea halicora" = Favites halicora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
var. obtusa
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Meandrina equisepta" = Platygyra equisepta Gregory 1900 stony coral