Where: Indonesia (7.0° S, 106.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.1° S, 114.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nyalindung Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Formerly referred to as Nyalindung Mbr of Cimandiri Fm (Sukamoto, 1990). Overlying Jampang Fm. THICKNESS: From <1 m thick bed within <2 m section; total composite section thickness is estimated at around 40 m. AGE: Age still debated, but most evidence, including molluscan and foraminiferal biostratigraphy suggest a Middle Miocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From middle part of cycle 8 near base of the Nyalindung Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably collected by the authors, Z.L. Aswan and T. Ozawa. REPOSITORY: Depart,emt of Geology, Institut Teknologi Bandung and the Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University.

Primary reference: Z. Y. Aswan. 2006. Milankovitch 41 000-year cycles in lithofaciesa and molluscan content in the tropical Middle Miocene Nyalindung Formation, Jawa, Indonesia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 235:382-405 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70185: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.03.2007

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