Oishi, Kawaguchi Lake, Japan (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as Reef 2050

Where: Japan (35.5° N, 138.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 136.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• Nephrolepidina-bearing limestone

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 34875: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina sp.
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
listed as Maeandra sp.
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophyllia sp., Favites (Prionastrea) sp.
Hydnophyllia sp. Reis 1889 stony coral
Favites (Prionastrea) sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites (Prionastrea) sp.