Kikai Island, 19HQ4A (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: perireef or subreef; limestone

• rhodolith limestone, size of sample quadrat: 1.5 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 88042: 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 - Pocilloporidae
Stylocoeniella guentheri
Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris speciosa
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia sp., Echinophyllia echinata
Echinophyllia sp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Echinophyllia echinata Saville Kent 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
Pectiniidae indet.
Pectiniidae indet. Vaughan and Wells 1943 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral