Chuo-Morioka quarries, Okinawa Island, 1YOMQ2 (Pleistocene to of Japan)

Also known as Reef 3932

Where: Japan (26.4° N, 127.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 127.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sobe Formation (Ryukyu Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)

• unit 4 of Odawara 2005; 0.41-0.85 Ma based on nannofossils

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• upper reef slope
• coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 8.8 m²

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: M. Humblet, Y. Iryu, and T. Nakamori. 2009. Variations in Pleistocene coral assemblages in space and time in southern and northern central Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Marine Geology 259:1-20 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87893: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• corals only
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Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp.
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp., Platygyra pini, Platygyra contorta, "Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea serailia, Favites pentagona, Favites flexuosa, Goniastrea pectinata
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussidae indet.
Mussidae indet. Ortmann 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. 1", Porites "sp. 2"
Porites "sp. 1" Link 1807 stony coral
massive Porites
Porites "sp. 2" Link 1807 stony coral
encrusting/platy Porites
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungiidae indet.
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sp.
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea ex gr. pruinosa
Leptastrea ex gr. pruinosa Crossland 1952 stony coral