Loc. 724, Kuma River, Kyushu, Japan: Norian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Codiaceae indet. Kützing 1843
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
? Oppelismilia sp. Duncan 1867
1 specimen
Kiessling 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 130.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 142.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Norian
Age range of interval: 227.3 - 205.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Konose Formation:Kamase
Local section:724
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified tuff
Secondary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Basic pyroclastic roccks associated with many bodies of limestone, thin bedded chert and intertongues of slate with some beds of sandstone and conglomerate
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Only corals described in detail
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 166
Database number:34884
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-10-09 09:44:10 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-10-09 09:44:10
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

9355. K. Kanmera. 1964. Triassic coral faunas from the Konos Group in Kyushu. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 15(1):117-147 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

26431 W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]