Kodakarajima island, Haebaru formation: Holocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora sp.
Oken 1815
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| very common | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Favites abdita
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Platygyra ryukyuensis
Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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| 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] |