Ishigaki-shima insel, Yarabu Peninsula, Miyara formation, section F-163 (Eocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (24.4° N, 124.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 120.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miyara Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone and shale

• 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

• Thin bed of limestone interbedded in shale exposed in streambed

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 143504: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium fosteri, Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum, Mesophyllum rynkyuensis, Mesophyllum vaughanii, "Lithothamnium cymbicrusta" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium ishigakiensis" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium cf. tagpotchaense" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium cf. ovatum" = Lithothamnion, Lithothamnium cf. moreti
"Lithothamnium cymbicrusta" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium ishigakiensis" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cf. tagpotchaense" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cf. ovatum" = Lithothamnion