Ishigaki-shima insel, Hoshino town, Miyara formation, section M-236: Eocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum informal sp. D
Philippi 1837
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 24.4° North, 124.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.9° North, 121.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Miyara |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Limestone | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: Warm shallow marine waters that were rich in lime and had good circulation. The large number of branching forms suggests depths not greater than 60 feet | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 143509 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-24 19:12:39 | Last modified: | 2013-04-24 04:37:20 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-07-24 19:12:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46486. | J. H. Johnson. 1964. Eocene algae from Isliigaki-shima, Ryukyu-retto. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |