Kikai Island, 23HQA (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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef edge to shallow upper reef slope or low-turbidity shallow lagoon
• coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 4.7 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 88047: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• corals only
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Symphyllia radians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. humilis Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 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
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Leptoseris ex gr. yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Echinopora ? lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral