Where: Japan (28.3° N, 130.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 130.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• 4 Holocene reef terraces: terrace I (9030-6050 yBP), terrace II (6050-3390 yBP), terrace III (3790-2630 yBP), terrace IV (2870-1550 yBP)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks and grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. M. Webster, P. J. Davies, and K. Konishi. 1998. Model of fringing reef development in response to progressive sea level fall over the last 7000 years (Kikai-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan). Coral Reefs 17:289-308 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96956: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.07.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora exaesa fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus, Leptoria phrygia, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Cyphastrea serailia, "Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta, Goniastrea edwardsi, Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, Echinopora lamellosa, Echinopora pacificus, Echinopora gemmacea, Echinopora hirsutissima, Hydnophora exesa, Favites sp., Favites pentagona, "Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii, Favites flexuosa, Favites chinensis, Platygyra sp., Platygyra contorta, Platygyra ryukyuensis, Platygyra daedalea, Platygyra sinensis, Platygyra pini
"Favia pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia favus" = Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
"Montastrea curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 stony coral
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 stony coral
Echinopora pacificus Veron 1990 stony coral
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites pentagona Esper 1794 stony coral
"Montastrea valenciennesii" = Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral [entered as Montastrea valenciennesi]
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Favites chinensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990 stony coral
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 stony coral | |
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
"Psammocora superficialis" = Psammocora profundacella
"Psammocora superficialis" = Psammocora profundacella Gardiner 1898 stony coral | |
Pavona venosa Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Pavona varians Verrill 1864 stony coral
Pavona minuta Wells 1954 stony coral
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Goniopora minor, Goniopora stutchburyi, Porites australiaensis, Porites lichen, Porites lutea, Porites lobata, Porites cf. cylindrica, Porites murrayensis
Goniopora minor Crossland 1952 stony coral
Goniopora stutchburyi Wells 1955 stony coral
Porites australiaensis stony coral
Porites lichen Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Porites lobata Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites cf. cylindrica Dana 1846 stony coral
Porites murrayensis Vaughan 1918 stony coral | |
Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Symphyllia radians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Symphyllia recta Dana 1846 stony coral
Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775 stony coral | |
Montipora sp., Montipora venosa, Montipora informis, Acropora tenuis, Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora monticulosa, Acropora spicifera, Acropora digitifera, "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides, Acropora palmerae, Acropora robusta, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montipora venosa Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Montipora informis Bernard 1897 stony coral
Acropora tenuis Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879 stony coral
Acropora spicifera Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmerae Wells 1954 stony coral
Acropora robusta Dana 1846 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Stylophora pistillata, Pocillopora woodjonesi, Pocillopora verrucosa, Pocillopora eydouxi, Seriatopora hystrix
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 stony coral
Pocillopora woodjonesi Vaughan 1918 stony coral
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Pocillopora eydouxi Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 stony coral | |
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Turbinaria stellulata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Turbinaria reniformis Bernard 1896 stony coral | |
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 stony coral | |
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 stony coral
Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger 1879 stony coral | |