Corals E, southwest Ryukyu Islands, Pacific Ocean (Pleistocene to of Japan)

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

• lower reef slope
• 30-50 m

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
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
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
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Zoopilus echinatus, "Cycloseris sp." = Cycloseris, "Diaseris sp." = Cycloseris
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