Kuma River reef blocks (Triassic of Japan)

Where: Japan (32.3° N, 130.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 113.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Limestone clasts in a debris flow deposit

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Repository: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, G. D. Stanley, and T. Onoue. 2012. Upper Triassic (Carnian) reef biota from the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Kyushu, Japan. Facies 58:671-684 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133733: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Demospongea
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"Demospongea indet." = Demospongiae
"Demospongea indet." = Demospongiae Sollas 1875 demosponge
section 8303; Chambered sponge indet. 1
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp.
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865 demosponge
section GK.F570
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp.
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
section 8303