Kikai Island, 19HQ1 (Pleistocene of Japan)

Also known as Reef 3934

Where: Japan (28.3° N, 130.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 130.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ryukyu Group, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• ESR age of 0.61 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• upper reef slope
• coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 6.5 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 88039: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.03.2009

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
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Astreopora sp., Montipora sp.
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. 2", Porites "sp. 3"
Porites "sp. 2" Link 1807 stony coral
encrusting/platy Porites
Porites "sp. 3" Link 1807 stony coral
Porites/Montipora
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungiidae indet.
Fungiidae indet. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp., Leptoseris ex gr. yabei, Leptoseris amitoriensis, Leptoseris explanata
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Leptoseris ex gr. yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976 stony coral
Leptoseris amitoriensis Veron 1990 stony coral
Leptoseris explanata Yabe and Sugiyama 1941 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastrea sp.
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet., Favia sp.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Oulophyllia crispa, Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea chalcidicum, "Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Favites sp.
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp., Galaxea astreata
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816 stony coral