Iriomote Island: Holocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Goniastrea sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 24.3° North, 123.8° 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: | maximum 3960 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: was "channel" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165437 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-19 07:14:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2015-04-19 07:14:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54087. | K. Omoto. 2001. Radiocarbon ages of beach rocks and late Holocene sea-level changes in the southern part of the Nansei Islands, southwest of Japan. Radiocarbon 43(2B):887-898 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |