Miyako-jima ls - loc. no. K29 (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Okinawa, Japan (24.8° N, 125.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 125.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Miyako-jima Formation (Ryukyu Group), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Collection methods: field sketches / photographs.

Primary reference: T. Nakamori. 1986. Community Structures of Recent and Pleistocene Hermatypic Corals in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Tohoku University Science Reports, Second Series, Geology 56(2):71-133 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62783: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 27.07.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Based on plates in paper... they have sp. level id, not 100% confident on matching to collection localities (different naming scheme used).
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
pl 25
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
pl 26