N Kikai Island, detrital limestone (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (28.3° N, 130.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 130.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ryukyu Group, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• OIS 3-4

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

• coarse-grained detrital limestones with allochthonous corals and some autochthonous corals

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Sasaki, A. Omura, K. Murakami, N. Sagawa, and T. Nakamori. 2004. Interstadial coral reef terraces and relative sea-level changes during marine oxygen isotope stages 3-4, Kikai Island, central Ryukyus, Japan. Quaternary International 120:51-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88596: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp., Montipora venosa, Montipora danae, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Alveopora sp.
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora venosa Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Montipora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Cynarina lacrymalis, Echinophyllia sp., Echinophyllia echinata
Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Echinophyllia sp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Echinophyllia echinata Saville Kent 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, Platygyra pini, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, Hydnophora exesa, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea serailia, "Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii, Goniastrea sp., Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea favulus
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi Audouin 1826 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
[entered as Montastrea valenciennesi]
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea favulus Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia maritima, Favia sp.
Favia maritima stony coral
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pectiniidae
"Echinophyllia nishihirai" = Echinomorpha nishihirai
"Echinophyllia nishihirai" = Echinomorpha nishihirai Veron 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Lithophyllon sp.
Lithophyllon sp. Rehberg 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria frondens
Turbinaria frondens Dana 1846 stony coral