Kikai Island, 36HQ (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: 2.1 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 88053: 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 - Agariciidae
Pavona ex gr. clavus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acroporidae indet. Verrill 1902 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora ex gr. microphthalma Verrill 1869 stony coral
[entered as Acropora microphtalma]
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra ex gr. daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral
listed as Gardinoseris planulata
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria sp. Oken 1815 stony coral