Afing River, loc. 476, Ceram (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Maluku, Indonesia (3.5° S, 130.6° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 132.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. F. Umbgrove. 1924. Report on Pleistocene and Pliocene corals from Ceram. In L. Rutten, W. Holtz (eds.), Geological, petrographical and palaeontological results of explorations, carried out from September 1917 till June 1919 in the island of Ceram, Second Series: Palaeontology 1:1-22 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127845: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Madrepora duncani" = Acropora duncani
"Madrepora duncani" = Acropora duncani Reuss 1867 stony coral