Also known as Reef 3933
Where: Japan (26.1° N, 127.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 127.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Naha Formation (Ryukyu Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)
• 0.41-0.85 Ma based on nannofossils
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
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 88000: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Acanthastrea ex gr. echinata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral | |
"Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii, Favites ? complanata, Platygyra sp., Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra ex gr. daedalea, "Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Cyphastrea sp.
"Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral [entered as Montastrea valenciennesi]
Favites ? complanata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Platygyra ex gr. daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylophora ? pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral | |
Acroporidae indet. Verrill 1902 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral |