Ibaruma, Ishigaki-jima: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cyphastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck 1816)
Favia stelligera (Dana 1846)
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Favites sp. Link 1807
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Acropora cf. palifera (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora cf. platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834
Echinoidea - Echinoida
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872
Gastropoda
Amphisteginidae
Calcarinidae
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 24.5° North, 124.3° 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: 7820 to 4800 YBP (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Lithology description: coral framework and coral rubble 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:97293
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-22 00:41:57 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-22 00:41:57
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
33171. C. Hongo and H. Kayanne. 2009. Holocene coral reef development under windward and leeward locations at Ishigaki Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Sedimentary Geology 214:62-73 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

54026 C. Hongo. 2012. Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Paciļ¬c: indicators of reef formation and reef ecosystem responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stresses in the near future. Quaternary Science Reviews 35:82-99 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]