Yura (Jurassic to of Japan)
Where: Wakayama, Japan (34.0° N, 135.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 138.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Torinosu Formation, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• Torinosu-type limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91426: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2009, edited by Mark Uhen
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Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea | |
Balanocidaris sp. pencil urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria yuraensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Thamnasteria cf. naumanni Eguchi 1951 stony coral
"Centrastrea sp." = Thamnasteria LeSauvage 1823 stony coral | |
Isastrea yuraensis n. sp.
Isastrea yuraensis n. sp. Eguchi 1951 stony coral |