Itsukaichi (Jurassic to of Japan)

Where: Tokyo, Japan (35.7° N, 139.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 142.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• "Torinosu"-type 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 91401: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
"Montastrea aokii n. sp." = Columnocoenia aokii
"Montastrea aokii n. sp." = Columnocoenia aokii Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
? Latomeandra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
? Isastrea taruensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
? Favites taruensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae