Mera raised beach deposits (Pleistocene to of Japan)
Where: Japan (34.9° N, 139.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 139.7° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
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 63138: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 06.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
"? Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora
"? Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Echinophyllia spp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
"Stylophora cf. danae" = Stylophora pistillata
"Stylophora cf. danae" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral | |
"? Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum
"? Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum Rehberg 1892 stony coral | |
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Maeandra astreiformis" = Platygyra daedalea, "Tridacophyllia sp." = Pectinia, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, "Caulastrea yokoyamai" = Caulastrea tumida, Hydnophora exesa
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Maeandra astreiformis" = Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Tridacophyllia sp." = Pectinia Oken 1815 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
"Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata, "? Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens
"Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata Esper 1794 stony coral
"? Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens Dana 1846 stony coral | |
? Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral |