Iki island, Kurosaki (Holocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (33.8° N, 129.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Yamano, K. Sugihara, T. Watanabe, M. Shimamura, and K. Hyeong. 2012. Coral reefs at 34°N, Japan: Exploring the end of environmental gradients. Geology 40(9):835-838 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165555: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Lithophyllon undulatum Rehberg 1892 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Favia speciosa" = Dipsastraea speciosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775 stony coral
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932 stony coral
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral