Chuo-Morioka quarries, Okinawa Island, 1YOMQ4/5 (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

• coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 12.6 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 87895: 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
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp.
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 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 - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp., Symphyllia sp., Symphyllia radians, Symphyllia recta
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Symphyllia radians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Symphyllia recta Dana 1846 stony coral