Kikai Island, 23HQB (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

• upper reef slope
• coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 5.4 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 88048: 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 - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia sp., Lobophyllia hemprichii, Echinophyllia sp.
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Echinophyllia sp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp., Platygyra pini, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra contorta, "Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Cyphastrea sp., Favites sp., Favites ex gr. abdita, Favites micropentagona
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites ex gr. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites micropentagona Veron 2000 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet., Favia sp.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites "sp. 1", Porites "sp. 2", Porites "sp. 3"
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., Pachyseris rugosa
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral