Unoki: Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Deltocyathus orientalis
Duncan 1876
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Heteropsammia cf. ovalis
Semper 1872
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Kagoshima |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 130.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.7° North, 130.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
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
| Database number: | 92681 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-24 03:37:26 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-11-24 03:37:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31200. | H. Yabe and M. Eguchi. 1942. Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Geology 22(2):105-178 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |