Iriomote Island: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
see common names

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]