Ibaruma, Ishigaki-jima (Holocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (24.5° N, 124.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° N, 124.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• coral framework and coral rubble facies

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: C. Hongo and H. Kayanne. 2009. Holocene coral reef development under windward and leeward locations at Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Sedimentary Geology 214:62-73 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97293: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Echinoida -
Echinoida indet.
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora digitifera, "Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora cf. palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp.
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Favites sp., Platygyra ryukyuensis, Cyphastrea sp., "Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera, Goniastrea retiformis
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Favia stelligera" = Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora cf. platyphylla
Millepora cf. platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834 fire coral
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Calcarina sp.
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816