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Mengkarang, Jambi Province, Indonesia

Formation	Mengkarang
Age:	296 - 290 Ma Permian
Interval	Sakmarian
Lithology	grainstone/siltstone, grainstone
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	24

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Mengkarang River	Jambi Province, Indonesia	Mengkarang
Jambi area	Jambi Province, Indonesia	Mengkarang
TGD1	Jambi Province, Indonesia	Mengkarang

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Toryniferinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Elythidae : Toryniferinae	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Cancrinella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : *Cancrinella*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Protoanidanthus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : *Protoanidanthus*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Marginifera (Arenaria) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productellidae : Marginifera : *Marginifera (Arenaria)*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Reticulatia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : *Reticulatia*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Stereochia irianensis species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Stereochia : *Stereochia irianensis*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Neochonetes (Neochonetes) carboniferus species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Rugosochonetidae : Neochonetes : *Neochonetes (Neochonetes) carboniferus*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Eostaffella sp. genus	6	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Eostaffellidae : *Eostaffella*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Schubertella sp. genus	6	Foraminifera : Schubertellidae : *Schubertella*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Eoparafusulina haydeni species	7	Foraminifera : Schwagerinidae : Eoparafusulina : *Eoparafusulina haydeni*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Pseudofusulina rutschi species	7	Foraminifera : Schwagerinidae : Pseudofusulina : *Pseudofusulina rutschi*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Pseudoschwagerina afghanensis species	7	Foraminifera : Schwagerinidae : Pseudoschwagerina : *Pseudoschwagerina afghanensis*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian
Pseudoschwagerina meranginensis species	7	Foraminifera : Schwagerinidae : Pseudoschwagerina : *Pseudoschwagerina meranginensis*	295.5 - 290.1 Ma Permian

References

Crippa G., Angiolini L., et al (2014) Brachiopods, fusulines and palynomorphs of the Mengkarang Formation (Early Permian, Sumatra) and their palaeobiogeographical significance, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 79, 206-223

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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