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 - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet., Pachyseris rugosa
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801 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 - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia sp., Lobophyllia sp., Lobophyllia hemprichii
Echinophyllia sp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Lobophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp., Platygyra sp., Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra pini, Platygyra contorta, Favites sp., Favites ex gr. abdita, Favites micropentagona, "Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites ex gr. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites micropentagona Veron 2000 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet., Favia sp.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 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