Sakamoto (Jurassic to of Japan)

Where: Kumamoto, Japan (32.4° N, 130.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 133.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; 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 91399: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Hydrozoa
 Spongiomorphida - Spongiomorphidae
Spongiomorpha cf. asiatica
Spongiomorpha cf. asiatica Yabe and Sugiyama
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Diplaraea sakamotoensis n. sp.
Diplaraea sakamotoensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina higoensis n. sp., Stylosmilia fascicularis n. sp., Stylosmilia naumanni
Stylina higoensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Stylosmilia fascicularis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Stylosmilia naumanni Eguchi 1951 stony coral