Haipe, Tanohata-mura, Moshi Sandstone (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Iwate, Japan (39.9° N, 141.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.1° N, 140.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moshi Sandstone Formation (Miyako Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 112.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• shallow open-marine setting with abundant fossils (corals, rudists, molluscs, calcareous algae, foraminifers); small coral-rudist buildups may have existed (reef 1216)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91323: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Helioporacea - Helioporidae
"Heliopora japonica" = Pseudopolytremacis japonica
"Heliopora japonica" = Pseudopolytremacis japonica Eguchi 1948
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
"Montastrea nipponica n. sp." = Columnocoenia nipponica
"Montastrea nipponica n. sp." = Columnocoenia nipponica Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
? Maeandrella haipensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Thamnasteria cf. hideshimaensis" = Meandrophyllia meandriformis
"Thamnasteria cf. hideshimaensis" = Meandrophyllia meandriformis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra cf. cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia oishii n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Favia haipensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Kobya ragaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
subsp. nagaoi
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea yabei n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral