Kikai-jima, Shidooke reef: Site 3, Corymbose and tabular Acropora facies: Holocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora robusta
(Dana 1846)
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Acropora digitifera
(Dana 1846)
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Acropora gemmifera
(Brook 1892)
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Acropora hyacinthus
(Dana 1846)
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Acropora muricata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Isopora palifera
(Lamarck 1816)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Pocillopora damicornis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Pocillopora verrucosa
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Goniastrea retiformis
(Lamarck 1816)
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Favites chinensis
(Verrill 1866)
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Favia speciosa
(Dana 1846)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea speciosa | |||||||
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Favia pallida
(Dana 1846)
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| recombined as Dipsastraea pallida | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Pavona minuta
Wells 1954
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 28.4° North, 130.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.4° North, 130.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 6560 to 5060 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper unit of reef crest section (restricted to the core SD-2 and SD-3) 6560 - 5060 years (UeTh age) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165207 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-15 02:44:38 | Last modified: | 2015-01-15 03:56:35 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2015-04-15 02:44:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54026. | C. Hongo. 2012. Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Pacific: indicators of reef formation and reef ecosystem responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stresses in the near future. Quaternary Science Reviews 35:82-99 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |