Hideshima, Sakiyama-mura, Moshi Sandstone (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Iwate, Japan (39.7° N, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.9° N, 141.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moshi Sandstone Formation (Miyako Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 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 91328: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.09.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Helioporacea - Helioporidae
"Heliopora japonica" = Pseudopolytremacis japonica
"Heliopora japonica" = Pseudopolytremacis japonica Eguchi 1948
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Leptophyllia sp." = Acrosmilia
"Leptophyllia sp." = Acrosmilia d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
"Thamnasteria contorta" = Meandrophyllia meandroides
"Thamnasteria contorta" = Meandrophyllia meandroides Koby 1898 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Stylomaeandra pseudominima" = Morphastrea pseudominima
"Stylomaeandra pseudominima" = Morphastrea pseudominima Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
? Eugyra magnus n. sp.
? Eugyra magnus n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia haipensis
Favia haipensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Placocoenia hideshimaensis n. sp.
Placocoenia hideshimaensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Thamnasteria hiraigaensis" = Dimorphastrea toucasi
"Thamnasteria hiraigaensis" = Dimorphastrea toucasi Fromentel 1886 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena yabei n. sp., Kobya ragaensis
Microsolena yabei n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Kobya ragaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
"Montastrea nipponica" = Columnocoenia nipponica
"Montastrea nipponica" = Columnocoenia nipponica Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Amphiastraea sp." = Amphiastrea
"Amphiastraea sp." = Amphiastrea Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp.
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Heterocoenia sp., Heterocoenia hideshimaensis, Latusastrea sp.
Heterocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Latusastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Montastrea nagaoi
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"Montastrea nagaoi n. sp." = Ovalastrea nipponica
"Montastrea nagaoi n. sp." = Ovalastrea nipponica Eguchi 1951