Kume-jima: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Montipora sp. Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971
Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck 1816)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 26.3° North, 126.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Holocene
Age range of interval: 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 7380 ± 115 to 3150 ± 90 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Lithology description: tabular Acropora facies, encrusting Montipora facies, branching Acropora facies, allochthonous tabular Acropora facies, ramose Acropora facies
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:97255
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-21 05:01:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-21 05:01:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
33170. T. Takahashi, M. Koba, and H. Kan. 1988. Relationship between reef growth and sea level on the northwest coast of Kume Island, The Ryukyus: Data from drill holes on the Holocene coral reef. Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reef Symposium 3:491-496 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]