Sagara-machi, Tôtômi Province, Japan: Burdigalian - Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussa sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
very abundant category
Corallinae and Melobesiae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 138.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 135.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian - Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Lithology description: Immense accumulation of coralline algae with few corals
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 789
Database number:34876
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-10-09 06:59:04 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-09 06:59:04
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]