Kikai Island, 39HQ (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: 3.7 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 88054: 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 ex gr. microphthalma, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Acropora ex gr. microphthalma Verrill 1869 stony coral
[entered as Acropora microphtalma]
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet., Favia sp.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra ex gr. daedalea, Platygyra contorta, Cyphastrea sp., Cyphastrea serailia, Oulophyllia sp., "Favia ex gr. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa, "Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Goniastrea sp., Favites sp., Favites flexuosa, Favites ex gr. abdita, Favites chinensis
Platygyra ex gr. daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Oulophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. laxa" = Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
"Favia ex gr. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites ex gr. abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Favites chinensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia hemprichii, Acanthastrea sp.
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria ? stellulata
Turbinaria ? stellulata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agariciidae indet., Pavona ? minuta, Pachyseris rugosa
Agariciidae indet. Gray 1847 stony coral
Pavona ? minuta Wells 1954 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 - Montastraeidae
Montastrea ? colemani
Montastrea ? colemani Veron 2000 stony coral