Where: Oita, Japan (32.9° N, 131.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 134.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Shinkai Formation, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Yamagiwa, M. Tamura, and H. Tanaka. 1988. Some hexacorals from the Shinkai Formation, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, C 14(2):71-78 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85625: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Stylosmilia cf. corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
Stylina (Stylina) shinkaiensis n. sp. stony coral | |
? Isastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Actinastrea aff. kellumi stony coral |