Kaiseki-yama (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

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• 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 91383: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
"? Actinacis tosaensis n. sp." = Baryphyllia tosaensis
"? Actinacis tosaensis n. sp." = Baryphyllia tosaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea tosaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral