Kikai-shima raised beach deposits: Pleistocene - Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck 1816)
Maeandra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834
Maeandra cf. stricta (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskal 1775)
Orbicella spp. Dana 1846
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Orbicella curta (Dana 1846)
Favia speciosa (Dana 1846)
Favia valenciennesii (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia cyclolites Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830
Porites sp. Link 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus 1767)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinaria peltata (Esper 1794)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Montipora spp. Blainville 1830
Acropora spp. Oken 1815
Acropora smithi (Brook 1893)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819
Pocillopora nobilis Verrill 1864
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastrea hemprichii (Ehrenberg 1834)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okinawa
Coordinates: 28.3° North, 130.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene - Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:63135
Authorizer:M. Kosnik Enterer:M. Kosnik
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-06 23:12:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-06 23:12:25
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]