Hateruma-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Late Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favia speciosa (Dana 1846)
Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801
sp. A
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
? Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 24.1° North, 123.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
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 3288
Database number:34881
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-10-09 07:57:06 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-09 07:57:06
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]