Minami-jima, Micronesia, Japan: Aquitanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
common category
Favites sp. Link 1807
Orbicella sp. Dana 1846
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora sp. Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 27.0° North, 142.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Aquitanian
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 20.45 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ogasawara
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Lithology description: Coral limestone crowded with coral stocks, mostly in upright position indicating their growth in situ
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2049
Database number:34874
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-10-09 06:34:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-09 06:34:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
9353. H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1935. Geological and geographical distribution of reef-corals in Japan. Journal of Paleontology 9:183-217 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]