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

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
"? Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora
"? Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia spp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
"Stylophora cf. danae" = Stylophora pistillata
"Stylophora cf. danae" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
"? Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum
"? Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum Rehberg 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"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
"Caulastrea yokoyamai" = Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928 stony coral
var. gracilis
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
"Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata, "? Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens
"Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata Esper 1794 stony coral
"? Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
? Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral