Kanashirozako Valley, Fukuji area, Fukuji Formation, Gifu: Emsian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Palaeofavosiporidae
Kanashiropora kozui n. gen., n. sp.
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Romingeriidae
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
? Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Syringoporella sp. Kettner 1934
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 36.2° North, 137.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Early Devonian
Stage: Emsian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 2
Key time interval: Emsian
Age range of interval: 410.62 - 393.47 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fukuji Member:D 4
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: bioclastic wackestone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:61148
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-30 06:07:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-30 06:07:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
17574. S. Niko. 2001. Devonian Auloporid Tabulate Corals from the Fukuji Formation, Gifu Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 27(3, 4):73-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]