Ishigaki-shima insel, Miyara town, Miyara formation, section F-84 (Eocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (24.3° N, 124.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miyara Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; gray, conglomeratic, cherty/siliceous limestone
• Warm shallow marine waters that were rich in lime and had good circulation. The large number of branching forms suggests depths not greater than 60 feet
• Chert pebble conglomeratic limestone that grades into light-gray limestone without pebbles.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. H. Johnson. 1964. Eocene algae from Isliigaki-shima, Ryukyu-retto. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143501: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.04.2013
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Taxonomic list
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"Lithothamnium cf. tagpotchaense" = Lithothamnion
Lithoporella minus Johnson 1964
Corallina prisca Johnson 1957 | |