Ko.278, Kuma River: Carnian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Stromatolite indet.
Cladogirvanella cipitensis Ott 1966
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Nipponophycus kanmerai (pl 1, figs 3,4; pl 2, figs 1,2 in Endo & Horiguchi, 1967)
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Hydrozoa - Nigriporellidae
"Tubiphytes" gracilis Schafer and Senowbary-Daryan 1983
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Hydrozoa - Spongiomorphida
Spongiomorphida indet. Alloiteau 1952
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
? Elysastraea sp. Laube 1865
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
2 specimens
    = Astraeomorpha cf. confusa Winckler 1861
Prinz-Grimm 1995
    = Thamnasteriamorpha okudai Stanley and Onoue 2015
Stanley and Onoue 2015
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Thamnasteria furukawai n. sp. Kanmera 1964
2 specimens
recombined as Seriastraea furukawai
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Procyclolitidae
? Procyclolites aff. timoricus
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Montlivaltia cf. norica Frech 1890
3 specimens
recombined as Distichophyllia norica
? Procyclolites sp. Frech 1890
1 specimen
    = Craspedophyllia ramosa Roniewicz et al. 2005
Stanley and Onoue 2015
? Conophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849
3 specimens
    = Craspedophyllia ramosa Roniewicz et al. 2005
Stanley and Onoue 2015
Procyclolites cf. triadicus Frech 1890
4 specimens
    = Craspedophyllia japonica Stanley and Onoue 2015
Stanley and Onoue 2015
Thecosmilia eguchii n. sp. Kanmera 1964
4 specimens
recombined as Retiophyllia eguchii
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Montlivaltia cf. stylophylloides Vinassa de Regny 1915
1 specimen
recombined as Margarophyllia stylophylloides
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
vesicular calcisponges
Hexactinellida
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Possibly Aka sp.
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae
Permocorynella informal sp. 1 Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Solenolmia manon (Münster 1841)
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
ssp. manon
Demospongiae - Chaetetida
Chaetetida informal indet. 1 Okulitch 1936
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Chaetetida informal indet. 2 Okulitch 1936
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Solenopora kumensis (pl 4 fig 1) in Endo and Horiguchi, 1967
unclassified
Ladinella porata Ott 1968
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Nipponophycus kanmerai Endo and Horiguchi 1967
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
?Parachaetetes sp. or ?Solenopora sp. (Solenopora kumensis pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, figs 2 in Endo & Horiguchi 1967)
Parachaetetes cassianus (Flugel 1961)
Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2012
misspelling Parachaetetes cassiana
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 130.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 113.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Konose Formation:Koguchi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Age updated to Carnian by Senowbari-Daryan et al. (2012).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Limestone clasts in a debris flow deposit.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 166
Database number:34883
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-10-09 09:43:28 Last modified:2012-09-25 13:36:50
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-09 09:43:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9355. K. Kanmera. 1964. Triassic coral faunas from the Konos Group in Kyushu. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 15(1):117-147 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

9160 P. Prinz-Grimm. 1995. Triassische Korallen der südlichen Zentral-Anden. Geologica et Palaeontologica 29:233-243 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
43124 B. Senowbari-Daryan, G. D. Stanley, and T. Onoue. 2012. Upper Triassic (Carnian) reef biota from the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Kyushu, Japan. Facies 58:671-684 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
54074 G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue. 2015. Upper Triassic reef corals from the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Kyushu, Japan. Facies 61(1):1-27 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
10160 G. D. Stanley, jr. and M. T. Whalen. 1989. Triassic Corals and Spongiomorphs from Hells Canyon, Wallowa Terrane, Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):800-819 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]