Kodakarajima island, Haebaru formation: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
very common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites abdita (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 29.2° North, 129.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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: 4.835 ± 160 to 2.455 ± 120 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Haebaru
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:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:"10 m terrace" - Hirata (1967); Haebaru
Database number:165429
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-01-19 06:21:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-04-19 06:21:39
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

54054. T. Nakata, K. Omoto, and M. Koba. 1978. Holocene Emerged Coral Reef in Takarajima and Kodakarajima, Ryukyu Islands, Southwest Japan. Departmental Bulletin Paper Tohoku University 7th series: Geography 28:35-48 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]