Also known as Reef 3286
Where: Japan (24.5° N, 123.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 122.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Riukiu Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1935. Geological and geographical distribution of reef-corals in Japan. Journal of Paleontology 9:183-217 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 34879: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.10.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758 | |
? Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
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"Montastrea cf. curta" = Astrea curta, "Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa, "Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida, "Favites cf. virens" = Favites abdita, Cyphastrea serailia, Goniastrea cf. pectinata, Goniastrea retiformis, Leptoria phrygia
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favia cf. pallida" = Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 stony coral
"Favites cf. virens" = Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Goniastrea cf. pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
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? Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral |