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Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysiai
Regional Level Types
Sandakan DivisionDivision
SabahState
MalaysiaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Sandakan392,288 (2012)
Taman Rajawali10,000 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
416319
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:416319:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaisie
German:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Italian:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malesia
Russian:
Сандакан, Сабах, Малайзия
Simplified Chinese:
山打根, 沙巴, 马来西亚
Spanish:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malasia
Arabic:
سانداكان, صباح, ماليزيا
Bengali:
সান্ডাকান, সাবাহ, মালয়েশিয়া
Bulgarian:
Сандакан, Сабах, Малайзия
Catalan:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malàisia
Danish:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Dutch:
Sandakan, Sabah, Maleisië
Egyptian Arabic:
سانداكان, ماليزيا
Esperanto:
Sandakan, Sabaho, Malajzio
Farsi/Persian:
سانداکان, صباح, مالزی
Finnish:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malesia
Greek:
Σαντακάν, Σαμπάχ, Μαλαισία
Gujarati:
સંદકાન, સબાહ, મલેશિયા
Hakka:
Sandakan, Sabah, Mâ-lòi-sî-â
Hebrew:
סנדקן, סבה, מלזיה
Hindi:
संडाकां, साबाह राज्य, मलेशिया
Indonesian:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Japanese:
サンダカン, サバ州, マレーシア
Kannada:
ಸಂಡಕನ್, ಸಬಾಹ್, ಮಲೇಶಿಯ
Korean:
산다칸, 사바주, 말레이시아
Latvian:
Sandakana, Sabaha, Malaizija
Lithuanian:
Sandakanas, Sabahas, Malaizija
Malay:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Malayalam:
ശാന്തകൻ, ഷബഹ്, മലേഷ്യ
Marathi:
संदकलाटू, साबा, मलेशिया
Norwegian:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Occitan:
Sandakan, Malàisia
Polish:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malezja
Serbian:
Сандакан, Малезија
Serbo-Croatian:
Sandakan, Malezija
Sinhalese:
සඳකැන්, සබාහ්, මලයාසියාව
Swedish:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Tamil:
சண்டக்கான், சபா, மலேசியா
Telugu:
సండకన్, సబా, మలేషియా
Thai:
ซันดากัน, รัฐซาบะฮ์, ประเทศมาเลเซีย
Traditional Chinese:
山打根, 沙巴, 馬來西亞
Turkish:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malezya
Ukrainian:
Сандакан, Сабах, Малайзія
Urdu:
سنداکان, صباح, ملائیشیا
Vietnamese:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Waray:
Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia


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Fossils

There are 26 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences136
Youngest Fossil Listed7.25 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed28.1 Ma (Oligocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Sandakan13511.62 - 7.246 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Calappa
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Calappidae : Calappa11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Hyastenus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Epialtidae : Hyastenus11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Parthenope
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Parthenopidae : Parthenope11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Paguridae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Paguridae11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Acropora samoensis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Acropora : Acropora samoensis28.1 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
Thalassina anomala
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Thalassinidae : Thalassina : Thalassina anomala11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Raninoides morrisi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Raninidae : Raninoides : Raninoides morrisi11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Heikeopsis tuberculata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Dorippidae : Heikeopsis : Heikeopsis tuberculata11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Iphiculus sexspinosus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Iphiculidae : Iphiculus : Iphiculus sexspinosus11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Pariphiculus decemtuberculatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Iphiculidae : Pariphiculus : Pariphiculus decemtuberculatus11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Myra subcarinata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Leucosiidae : Myra : Myra subcarinata11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Nucia platyspinosa
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Leucosiidae : Nucia : Nucia platyspinosa11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Leucosia serenei
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Leucosiidae : Leucosia : Leucosia serenei11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Parthenope jugula
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Parthenopidae : Parthenope : Parthenope jugula11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Retropluma laurentae
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Retroplumidae : Retropluma : Retropluma laurentae11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Podophthalmus fusiformis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Podophthalmus : Podophthalmus fusiformis11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Saratunus karasawai
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Saratunus : Saratunus karasawai11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Portunus obvallatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Portunus : Portunus obvallatus11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Portunus woodwardi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Portunus : Portunus woodwardi11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Pilumnus fookimensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pilumnidae : Pilumnus : Pilumnus fookimensis11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Xanthias miocenicus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Xanthidae : Xanthias : Xanthias miocenicus11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Orthakrolophos bittneri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Chasmocarcinidae : Orthakrolophos : Orthakrolophos bittneri11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Prepaeduma decapoda
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Prepaeduma : Prepaeduma decapoda11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Pinnixa aequipunctata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pinnotheridae : Pinnixa : Pinnixa aequipunctata11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Pinnixa microgranulosa
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pinnotheridae : Pinnixa : Pinnixa microgranulosa11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Philyra granulosa
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Leucosiidae : Philyra : Philyra granulosa11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 23 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandakan
Wikidata ID:Q137203
GeoNames ID:1734052

Localities in this Region

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

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Eurasian Plate
Sunda PlateTectonic Plate

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