Kikai Island, 19HQ2 (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

• middle reef slope
• coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 2.3 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 88040: 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 - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp.
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet., Pachyseris speciosa
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 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 - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral