Mt. Ashibetsudake, Hokkaido (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as Reef 1708

Where: Japan (43.2° N, 142.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 143.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Yezo Group, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone and lithified packstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. Sano. 1995. Litho- and biofacies of Early Cretaceous rudist-bearing carbonate sediments in northeastern Japan. Sedimentary Geology 99:179-189 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49990: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonteinae indet. Stenzel 1959 oyster
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
 Hippuritida - Polyconitidae
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Pycnoporidium sp. Yabe and Toyama 1928