Iki island, Kurosaki: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favia speciosa (Dana 1846)
Favites abdita (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Hydnophora exesa (Pallas 1766)
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskal 1775)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 129.7° 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
Stratigraphy
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
Database number:165555
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-01-22 07:45:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-04-22 07:45:02
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
54120. H. Yamano, K. Sugihara, T. Watanabe, M. Shimamura, and K. Hyeong. 2012. Coral reefs at 34°N, Japan: Exploring the end of environmental gradients. Geology 40(9):835-838 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]