Ishigaki-shima insel, Ibaruma, Miyara formation, section F-83 (Eocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (24.5° N, 124.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 121.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miyara Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; gray limestone
• Warm shallow marine waters that were rich in lime and had good circulation. The
•large number of branching forms suggests depths not greater than 60 feet. Erosional remnants of gray shaly appearing limestone.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. H. Johnson. 1964. Eocene algae from Isliigaki-shima, Ryukyu-retto. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143500: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.04.2013
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Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
"Lithothamnium cf. bofllli" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium faurai" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium ishigakiensis" = Lithothamnion, Mesophyllum rynkyuensis, Mesophyllum vaughanii
"Lithothamnium cf. bofllli" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium faurai" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium ishigakiensis" = Lithothamnion | |