N Kikai Island, reef rocks (Pleistocene of Japan)

Also known as Reef 3941

Where: Japan (28.3° N, 130.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 130.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ryukyu Group, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 5 reef complexes: ~66, ~64, ~62, ~55 and ~52 ka, OIS 3-4

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef crest to lower reef slope
• coral framestone, coral bindstone/bafflestone, coral and rhodolith floatstone/bindstone, coral framestone/floatstone, coral floatstone/rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Sasaki, A. Omura, K. Murakami, N. Sagawa, and T. Nakamori. 2004. Interstadial coral reef terraces and relative sea-level changes during marine oxygen isotope stages 3-4, Kikai Island, central Ryukyus, Japan. Quaternary International 120:51-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88595: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora "sp. 1", Acropora "sp. 4", Acropora "sp. 2", Acropora "sp. 3", Acropora hyacinthus, Montipora sp., "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Alveopora sp.
Acropora "sp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral
tabular
Acropora "sp. 4" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora monticulosa/digitifera
Acropora "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
branching
Acropora "sp. 3" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora florida/danai/robusta
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Lobophyllia hemprichii, Acanthastrea sp.
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Acanthastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Caulastrea tumida, Caulastrea furcata, Platygyra sp., "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, Echinopora sp., Hydnophora microconos, Cyphastrea serailia, "Goniastrea aspera" = Coelastrea aspera, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Goniastrea pectinata, Oulophyllia crispa, Pectinia sp.
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928 stony coral
Caulastrea furcata Dana 1846 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
Echinopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Goniastrea aspera" = Coelastrea aspera Verrill 1866 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pectinia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet.
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Cycloseris costulata
Cycloseris costulata Ortmann 1889 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris mycetoseroides
Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells 1954 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea versipora
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral