Noma raised beach deposits (Pleistocene to of Japan)

Where: Japan (30.5° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 130.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

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

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 63137: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 06.08.2006, edited by Uta Merkel and Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Trachyphylliidae
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta
"Antillia constricta" = Antillophyllia constricta Brueggemann 1877 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
"Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora
"Orbicella versipora" = Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia spp. Klunzinger 1879 stony coral
Acanthastrea hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Montipora cf. ramosa" = Montipora digitata Dana 1846 stony coral
Alveopora cf. verrilliana Dana 1872 stony coral
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
"Stylophora cf. danae" = Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites hawaiiensis1 Vaughan 1907 stony coral
Porites cf. bernardi Vaughan 1907 stony coral
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona spp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Pavona danai1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Psammocora profundacella" = Psammocora profundacella, "Psammocora superficialis" = Psammocora profundacella, Psammocora paponica n. sp.
"Psammocora profundacella" = Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral
"Psammocora superficialis" = Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral
Psammocora paponica n. sp. Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
"Fungia cf. patella" = Fungia fungites, "Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum2, "Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum2, "Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum
"Fungia cf. patella" = Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum2 Rehberg 1892 stony coral
lobata vanderhorsti
"Lithophyllon undulatum" = Lithophyllon undulatum2 Rehberg 1892 stony coral
lobata nomaensis
"Podabacia lobata" = Lithophyllon undulatum Rehberg 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussa cf. regalis Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favites abdita" = Favites abdita, "Favites virens" = Favites abdita, "Tridacophyllia sp." = Pectinia, Cyphastrea chalcidicum, Cyphastrea japonica, Cyphastrea serailia, "Caulastrea yokoyamai" = Caulastrea tumida, "Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia, Hydnophora exesa, Orbicella sp.
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favites abdita" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Favites virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
"Tridacophyllia sp." = Pectinia Oken 1815 stony coral
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Caulastrea yokoyamai" = Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928 stony coral
& var. gracilis
"Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Orbicella sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Maeandra sp." = Meandrina
"Maeandra sp." = Meandrina Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella cf. felixi" = Montastrea felixi
"Orbicella cf. felixi" = Montastrea felixi Gerth 1923 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae
"Coscinarea sp. n. sp." = Coscinaraea
"Coscinarea sp. n. sp." = Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
"Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata, "Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens
"Turbinaria peltata" = Duncanopsammia peltata Esper 1794 stony coral
"Turbinaria contorta" = Turbinaria frondens Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
 Life -
"Antillia nomaensis" = Cynaria lacrymalis, "Antillia japonica" = Cynaria lacrymalis
"Antillia nomaensis" = Cynaria lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
"Antillia japonica" = Cynaria lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848