Chuo-Morioka quarries, Okinawa Island, 6YOMQ (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 2 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: 8.2 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 87982: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• corals only
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra ex gr. daedalea, "Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia lizardensis" = Dipsastraea lizardensis, Cyphastrea sp.
Platygyra ex gr. daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia lizardensis" = Dipsastraea lizardensis Veron and Pichon 1977 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. 1" Link 1807 stony coral
massive Porites
Porites "sp. 2" Link 1807 stony coral
encrusting/platy Porites
Porites "sp. 3" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites/Montipora