Corals B, southwest Ryukyu Islands, Pacific Ocean (Pleistocene to of Japan)

Also known as Reef 3812

Where: Japan (25.0° N, 125.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ryukyu Group, Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)

• Ryukyu Group is 45.4-111.1 m thick and ranges in age from 1.5 to 0.3 Ma

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef crest to upper slope
• 0-5 metre

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Sagawa, T. Nakamori, and Y. Iryu. 2001. Pleistocene reef development in the southwest Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 175:303-323 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81578: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 30.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea retiformis
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites lutea
Porites lutea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora verrucosa
Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora hyacinthus, Acropora monticulosa, "Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides, "Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral
Acropora monticulosa Brüggemann 1879 stony coral
"Acropora danai" = Acropora abrotanoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera Lamarck 1816 stony coral