Where: Japan (32.4° N, 130.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 125.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• Orthulax japonicus zone
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
• COLLECTOR: A. Mizuno (c. 1964). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, unknown.
Primary reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 203227: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Faunus nipponicus Nagao 1928 snail | |
Turritella okadai n. sp.
Turritella okadai n. sp. Nagao 1928 turret shell | |
Rissoina gemma n. sp.
Rissoina gemma n. sp. Nagao 1928 snail | |
Polynices (Lunatia) utoensis n. sp., Polynices (Neverita) eocenica n. sp.
Polynices (Lunatia) utoensis n. sp. Nagao 1928 moon snail
Polynices (Neverita) eocenica n. sp. Nagao 1928 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Corbula subtumida" = Caestocorbula subtumida
"Corbula subtumida" = Caestocorbula subtumida Nagao 1928 clam | |
"Macrocallista ariakensis n. sp." = Callista (Microcallista) ariakensis
"Macrocallista ariakensis n. sp." = Callista (Microcallista) ariakensis Nagao 1928 venus clam | |
Diplodonta problematica n. sp.
Diplodonta problematica n. sp. Nagao 1928 clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle |