Yoron Island, Kurohana reef, Corymbose and tabular Acropora facies: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Isopora palifera (Lamarck 1816)
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 27.1° North, 128.5° 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: 5080 to 2090 YBP (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Upper unit of reef crest section (restricted to the core YR-II, YR-III, and YR-V)/5080-2090 cal. years BP
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:165210
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-01-15 03:05:45 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-04-15 03:05:45
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
54026. C. Hongo. 2012. Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Paciļ¬c: 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]