Ishigaki-shima insel, Miyara town, Miyara formation, section M-247 (Eocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (24.4° N, 124.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° 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; 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
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 143512: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.04.2013
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Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
Corallina cf. cossmanni, Lithophyllum cf. pfenderae, Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum, Mesophyllum vaughanii, "Lithothamnium cf. andrusovi" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium crispithallus" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium cf. ovatum" = Lithothamnion
Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum Gümbel 1861
"Lithothamnium cf. andrusovi" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium crispithallus" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cf. ovatum" = Lithothamnion | |