Mitoda, Sakawa area (Jurassic to of Japan)

Also known as Reef 240

Where: Kochi, Japan (33.5° N, 133.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 135.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Torinosu Group, Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 139.8 Ma)

• Nagatake facies of Torinosu

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

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 91380: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria torinosuensis n. sp., Thamnasteria naumanni n. sp.
Thamnasteria torinosuensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Thamnasteria naumanni n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
? Favia sp.
? Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea sugiyamai n. sp., Thecosmilia sp., Montlivaltia mitodaensis n. sp.
Isastrea sugiyamai n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Montlivaltia mitodaensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Stephanocoenia japonica n. sp." = Stelidioseris japonica
"Stephanocoenia japonica n. sp." = Stelidioseris japonica Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia yabei n. sp., Stylina sp., Stylina sugiyamai, Convexastrea orientalis
Stylosmilia yabei n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina sugiyamai Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea mitodaensis n. sp.
Meandraraea mitodaensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latomeandra mitodaensis n. sp., Dimorphastrea mitodaensis n. sp., "Latomeandra tosaensis n. sp." = Latiastrea somaensis
Latomeandra mitodaensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Dimorphastrea mitodaensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
"Latomeandra tosaensis n. sp." = Latiastrea somaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Acanthogyra tosaensis
Acanthogyra tosaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea kamoensis n. sp.
Amphiastrea kamoensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia hayasakai n. sp.
Axosmilia hayasakai n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral