Hideshima, Sakiyama-mura, Moshi Sandstone: Late/Upper Aptian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Thamnasteria sp.
LeSauvage 1823
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heterocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia japonica n. sp.
Eguchi 1951
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= Latusastrea sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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Baron-Szabo 2009 | ||||||
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Heterocoenia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Heterocoenia hideshimaensis
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Haplaraeidae
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Thamnasteria contorta
Eguchi 1951
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| synonym of Meandrophyllia meandroides | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Stylomaeandra pseudominima
Eguchi 1951
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| recombined as Morphastrea pseudominima | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acrosmiliidae
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Leptophyllia sp.
Reuss 1854
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| synonym of Acrosmilia | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Amphiastraea sp.
(Etallon 1859)
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| original and current combination Amphiastrea | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pachyphylliidae
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Montastrea nipponica
Eguchi 1951
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| recombined as Columnocoenia nipponica | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Kobya ragaensis
Eguchi 1951
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Microsolena yabei n. sp.
Eguchi 1951
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Thamnasteria hiraigaensis
Eguchi 1951
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| synonym of Dimorphastrea toucasi | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Favia haipensis
Eguchi 1951
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Eugyridae
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? Eugyra magnus n. sp.
Eguchi 1951
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Placocoeniidae
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Placocoenia hideshimaensis n. sp.
Eguchi 1951
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Anthozoa
- Helioporacea
- Helioporidae
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Heliopora japonica
Eguchi 1948
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| recombined as Pseudopolytremacis japonica | |||||||
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unclassified
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Montastrea nagaoi n. sp.
Eguchi 1951
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| synonym of Columnocoenia nipponica | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Iwate |
| Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 142.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.9° North, 141.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Miyako | Formation: | Moshi Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: shallow open-marine setting with abundant fossils (corals, rudists, molluscs, calcareous algae, foraminifers); small coral-rudist buildups may have existed (reef 1216) | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91328 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-15 05:18:04 | Last modified: | 2009-09-15 08:18:04 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-09-15 05:18:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information