Also known as Reef 3933

Where: Japan (26.1° N, 127.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Naha Formation (Ryukyu Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• older than 0.85 Ma based on nannofossils

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: M. Humblet, Y. Iryu, and T. Nakamori. 2009. Variations in Pleistocene coral assemblages in space and time in southern and northern central Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Marine Geology 259:1-20 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87992: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2009

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