Also known as Reef 2051
Where: Japan (28.3° N, 130.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 129.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Riukiu Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 34877: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Alveopora cf. verrilliana Dana 1872 stony coral | |
"Fungia cyclolites" = Cycloseris cyclolites
"Fungia cyclolites" = Cycloseris cyclolites Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
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Euphyllia fimbriata Spengler 1799 stony coral | |
Acanthastrea cf. hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
Oulophyllia cf. crispa, Hydnophora exesa, Leptoria phrygia, "Favia valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii, Goniastrea cf. pectinata, "Montastrea cf. curta" = Astrea curta, "Meandrina cf. lamellina" = Platygyra lamellina, "Maeandra cf. stricta" = Platygyra stricta, "Favia cf. amplior" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea microphthalma
Oulophyllia cf. crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favia valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Goniastrea cf. pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Maeandra cf. stricta" = Platygyra stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
"Favia cf. amplior" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758 | |
Cynaria lacrymalis | |
"Antillia japonica" = Cynaria lacrymalis
"Antillia japonica" = Cynaria lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 |