Kikai Island, 24HQ (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

• coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 1.2 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 88051: 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 - Acroporidae
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 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., Leptoseris ex gr. yabei, Pavona sp., Pavona bipartita
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Leptoseris ex gr. yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976 stony coral
Pavona sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Pavona bipartita Nemenzo 1980 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea sp.
Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria phrygia, Favites ex gr. abdita, Favites pentagona, Platygyra sp., Platygyra contorta, Platygyra sinensis, Cyphastrea sp.
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites ex gr. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral