Kosode (Jurassic to of Japan)

Where: Yamanashi, Japan (35.8° N, 139.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 142.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kosode Formation, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• limestone lenses

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 91402: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.09.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea kosodeensis n. sp.
Isastrea kosodeensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea sp., Latomeandra sp.
Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Latomeandra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp.
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp.
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral