Ishigaki-shima insel, Hoshino town, Miyara formation, section M-239 (Eocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (24.4° N, 124.2° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 121.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miyara Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

• 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
• Limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143510: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae