Mitoda, Sakawa area: Tithonian - Berriasian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
? Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kochi
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 133.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.2° North, 140.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic - Cretaceous Epoch: Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous
Stage: Tithonian - Berriasian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 6 - Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Tithonian - Berriasian
Age range of interval: 149.2 - 137.05 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Torinosu
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Nagatake facies of Torinosu
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 240
Database number:91380
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-09-17 04:31:11 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-09-17 04:31:11
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30709. M. Eguchi. 1951. Mesozoic hexacorals from Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 24:1-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]