Oishi, Kawaguchi Lake, Japan: Burdigalian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801
listed as Maeandra sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites (Prionastrea) sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 138.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 136.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Lithology description: Nephrolepidina-bearing limestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2050
Database number:34875
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-10-09 06:44:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-09 06:44:47
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]