Yonakuni-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Pliocene of Japan)

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

• Part of a barrier reef tract extending for 8 degrees of latitude

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
 Alcyonacea -
Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
? Symphyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
sp. B
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
sp. B
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
sp. B
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"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
"Montastrea cf. curta" = Astrea curta Dana 1846 stony coral
Orbicella cfr. curta
"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
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
sp. C
 Scleractinia - Leptastreidae
? Leptastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral