Wasabi Valley, Locality 2: Carnian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Montlivaltia aff. stylophylloides Vinassa de Regny 1915
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Stanley and Onoue 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 136.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.5° North, 138.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3
Key time interval: Carnian
Age range of interval: 237 - 227.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Fossils from formation "B", late-triassian age stated in text
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: B formation consists of greenstone, chert and limestone. Fossils from "subangular limestone blocks" of pebble to boulder size contained in greenstone.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Osaka Museum of Natural History (OMNH)
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 167
Database number:38186
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:B. Brenneis, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-18 03:21:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-18 03:21:34
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
10238. H. Okuda and N. Yamagiwa. 1978. Triassic corals from Mt. Daifugen, Nara Prefecture, Southwest Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, new series (110)297-305 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]

Secondary references:

54074 G. D. Stanley and T. Onoue. 2015. Upper Triassic reef corals from the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Kyushu, Japan. Facies 61(1):1-27 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]