Fukido, Ishigaki-jima: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favia stelligera (Dana 1846)
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 24.5° North, 124.2° 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: 1870 YBP (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Lithology description: coral framework 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:97294
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-22 01:47:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-22 01:47:22
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]