Chuo-Morioka quarries, Okinawa Island, 1YOMQ3: Early Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| massive Porites | ||||||||||
| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| encrusting/platy Porites | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora palifera
(Lamarck 1816)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 26.4° North, 127.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.129 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: coral limestone, size of sample quadrat: 9.6 m² | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:corals only | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3932 | ||
| Database number: | 87894 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-27 08:18:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-27 08:18:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29542. | M. Humblet, Y. Iryu, and T. Nakamori. 2009. Variations in Pleistocene coral assemblages in space and time in southern and northern central Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Marine Geology 259:1-20 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |