Ishigaki-shima insel, Yarabu Peninsula, Miyara formation, Section F-49: Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnium faurai
replaced by Lithothamnion
Lithothamnium ishigakiensis
replaced by Lithothamnion
Lithothamnium cf. ovatum
replaced by Lithothamnion
Lithothamnium cf. moreti Lemoine 1927
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Mesophyllaceae
Mesophyllum ishigakiensis
Mesophyllum rynkyuensis
Florideophyceae - Corallinales
Archaeolithothamnium chamorrosum
Archaeolithothamnium fosteri
Archaeolithothamnium cf. affine
Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum (Gümbel 1861)
Archaeolithothamnium parisiense (Gümbel 1871)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 24.4° North, 124.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.8° North, 120.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Miyara
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: 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
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:143494
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-04-24 17:33:20 Last modified:2013-04-24 04:53:33
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-07-24 17:33:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
46486. J. H. Johnson. 1964. Eocene algae from Isliigaki-shima, Ryukyu-retto. [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]