Kikai-shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Late Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea sp. (Blainville 1830)
Orbicella sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia cyclolites Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia fimbriata (Spengler 1799)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Astraeopora cfr. gracilis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Favia valenciennesii (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskal 1775)
Hydnophora exesa (Pallas 1766)
Maeandra cf. stricta (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857)
Meandrina cf. lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Maeandra cfr. lamellina
Orbicella cfr. curta
Goniastrea cf. pectinata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Oulophyllia cf. crispa (Lamarck 1816)
Favia cf. amplior Edwards and Haime 1850
Favia speciosa (Dana 1846)
Anthozoa - Alcyonacea
Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758
unclassified
Antillia japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 28.3° North, 130.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pliocene
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Riukiu Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Part of a barrier reef tract extending for 8 degrees of latitude
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 2051
Database number:34877
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-10-09 07:12:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-09 07:12:02
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]