Kikai-jima, Shidooke reef: Site 3, Massive Porites facies: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora muricata (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 28.4° North, 130.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 6070 to 5320 YBP (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Lower unit of reef crest and shallow lagoon section (restricted to the core SD-1,
SD-2, and SD-3)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:165208
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-01-15 02:49:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-04-15 02:49:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

54026. C. Hongo. 2012. Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Pacific: indicators of reef formation and reef ecosystem responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stresses in the near future. Quaternary Science Reviews 35:82-99 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]