Also known as Reef 3812
Where: Japan (25.0° N, 125.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 124.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ryukyu Group, Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)
• Ryukyu Group is 45.4-111.1 m thick and ranges in age from 1.5 to 0.3 Ma
• group-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Sagawa, T. Nakamori, and Y. Iryu. 2001. Pleistocene reef development in the southwest Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 175:303-323 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 81582: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 30.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Pachyseris rugosa, Pachyseris speciosa, Leptoseris papyracea, Leptoseris hawaiiensis, Leptoseris yabei
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoseris papyracea Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan 1907 stony coral
Leptoseris yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976 stony coral | |
Zoopilus echinatus Dana 1846 stony coral
"Cycloseris sp." = Cycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
"Diaseris sp." = Cycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral |