Hanpei-zan (Taiwan) - Riukiu limestone (Pliocene of Taiwan)
Where: Taiwan (23.0° N, 122.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 122.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Riukiu limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Primary reference: H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1935. Geological and geographical distribution of reef-corals in Japan. Journal of Paleontology 9:183-217 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 63139: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 07.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Anthozoa | |
"Antillia "sp. A"" = Trachyphyllia, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea serailia, Favites "sp. A", "Favites cf. virens" = Favites abdita, "Favia cf. speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, Hydnophyllia ? sp.
"Antillia "sp. A"" = Trachyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Favites "sp. A" Link 1807 stony coral
"Favites cf. virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia cf. speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Hydnophyllia ? sp. Reis 1889 stony coral | |
|
Porites "sp. A" Link 1807 stony coral
Goniopora "sp. C" Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
|
Pachyseris cf. speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |