Yasufumi Iryu

Late middle Pleistocene fossil coral reef growth history in the subtropical Northwest Pacific

Abstract During the Middle and Late Pleistocene, the Earth experienced rapid millennial-scale climate and sea-level fluctuations associated with 100 kyr-glacial-interglacial cycles. However, understanding of the timing and amplitude of these changes, and their impact on coral ree...

Taxonomic reassessment and palaeobiogeographical patterns of some Miogypsinidae species, larger benthic foraminifera

Abstract. The Miogypsinidae comprise orbitoidal larger benthic foraminifera with generally eccentric position of the nepionic stage and a fan of equatorial chamberlets; the members of this family are widely used in biostratigraphy of upper Oligocene–middle Miocene deposits. Here,...