Okuminodani (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Kochi, Japan (33.6° N, 133.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 135.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monobe Formation (Monobegawa Group), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• "Torinosu" limestones

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 91350: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eohydnophora tosaensis Yabe and Eguchi 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae
Comalia asiatica stony coral