N Kikai Island, reef rocks: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Pectinia sp. Oken 1815
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskal 1775)
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
Caulastrea furcata Dana 1846
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck 1816)
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
recombined as Dipsastraea pallida
Favia speciosa (Dana 1846)
recombined as Dipsastraea speciosa
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
original and current combination Astrea curta
Goniastrea aspera Verrill 1866
recombined as Coelastrea aspera
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia hemprichii (Ehrenberg 1834)
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Cycloseris costulata (Ortmann 1889)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells 1954
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palifera (Lamarck 1816)
recombined as Isopora palifera
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830
Acropora informal sp. 1 Oken 1815
tabular
Acropora informal sp. 4 Oken 1815
Acropora monticulosa/digitifera
Acropora informal sp. 2 Oken 1815
branching
Acropora informal sp. 3 Oken 1815
Acropora florida/danai/robusta
Acropora hyacinthus (Dana 1846)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 28.3° North, 130.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.3° North, 130.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:66 to 52 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ryukyu
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 5 reef complexes: ~66, ~64, ~62, ~55 and ~52 ka, OIS 3-4
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Lithology description: coral framestone, coral bindstone/bafflestone, coral and rhodolith floatstone/bindstone, coral framestone/floatstone, coral floatstone/rudstone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: reef crest to lower reef slope
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3941
Database number:88595
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-16 02:16:47 Last modified:2010-03-23 03:49:59
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-04-16 02:16:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29722. K. Sasaki, A. Omura, K. Murakami, N. Sagawa, and T. Nakamori. 2004. Interstadial coral reef terraces and relative sea-level changes during marine oxygen isotope stages 3-4, Kikai Island, central Ryukyus, Japan. Quaternary International 120:51-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]