PBDB Collection

Noma raised beach deposits (Pleistocene to of Japan)

Where: Japan (30.5° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 130.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1935. Geological and geographical distribution of reef-corals in Japan. Journal of Paleontology 9:183-217 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 63137: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 06.08.2006, edited by Uta Merkel and Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	"Montipora cf. ramosa" = Montipora digitata, Acropora sp., Alveopora cf. verrilliana "Montipora cf. ramosa" = Montipora digitata Dana 1846 stony coral Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral Alveopora cf. verrilliana Dana 1872 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora damicornis, Stylophora sp., "Stylophora cf. danae" = Stylophora pistillata Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral "Stylophora cf. danae" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae	"Coscinarea sp. n. sp." = Coscinaraea "Coscinarea sp. n. sp." = Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Trachyphylliidae	"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta "Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Orbicella cf. felixi" = Montastrea felixi "Orbicella cf. felixi" = Montastrea felixi Gerth 1923 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	"Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens, "Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata "Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens Dana 1846 stony coral "Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata Esper 1794 stony coral
Scleractinia - Leptastreidae	Leptastrea purpurea Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Favites abdita" = Favites abdita, "Favites virens" = Favites abdita, Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea japonica, "Caulastrea yokoyamai" = Caulastrea tumida, "Tridacophyllia sp." = Pectinia, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, Hydnophora exesa, Orbicella sp., "Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia "Favites abdita" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral "Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932 stony coral "Caulastrea yokoyamai" = Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928 stony coral & var. gracilis "Tridacophyllia sp." = Pectinia Oken 1815 stony coral "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral Orbicella sp. Dana 1846 stony coral "Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	"Maeandra sp." = Meandrina "Maeandra sp." = Meandrina Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Scleractinia - Faviidae	Favia magnistellata Favia magnistellata stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Mussa cf. regalis Mussa cf. regalis Dana 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae	"Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora "Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae	Acanthastrea hemprichii, Echinophyllia spp. Acanthastrea hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral Echinophyllia spp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	"Fungia cf. patella" = Fungia fungites, "Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum², "Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum², "Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum "Fungia cf. patella" = Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral "Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum² Rehberg 1892 stony coral lobata vanderhorsti "Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum² Rehberg 1892 stony coral lobata nomaensis "Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum Rehberg 1892 stony coral
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites hawaiiensis¹, Porites cf. bernardi, Goniopora sp. Porites hawaiiensis¹ Vaughan 1907 stony coral Porites cf. bernardi Vaughan 1907 stony coral Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Pavona spp., Pavona danai¹ Pavona spp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral Pavona danai¹ Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Psammocora paponica n. sp., "Psammocora profundacella" = Psammocora profundacella, "Psammocora superficialis" = Psammocora profundacella Psammocora paponica n. sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral "Psammocora profundacella" = Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral "Psammocora superficialis" = Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral
Cynaria lacrymalis
-	"Antillia nomaensis" = Cynaria lacrymalis, "Antillia japonica" = Cynaria lacrymalis "Antillia nomaensis" = Cynaria lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 "Antillia japonica" = Cynaria lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

¹Kiessling et al. 2011; ²Veron 1992