Also known as Locality 5
Where: Japan (36.0° N, 139.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 136.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Itahana Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• formations cover unconformably the Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and crystalline shists
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified conglomerate and tuff
Primary reference: Y. Iwasaki. 1970. The Shiobara-type Molluscan Fauna: An ecological analysis of fossil molluscs. Journal of the faculty of science, University of Tokyo, Section 2 17(3):351-444 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski/K. Bulinski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52320: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 03.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella ? tanaguraensis turret shell | |
Phos iwakianus true whelk | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys kaneharai" = Mimachlamys kaneharai
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Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926 clam | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Mercenaria chitaniana quahog
"Protothaca tateiwai" = Leukoma venus clam
Dosinia kaneharai venus clam
Dosinia japonica venus clam | |
Macoma optiva tellin clam | |
"Venericardia tokunagai" = Cyclocardia tokunagai
"Venericardia tokunagai" = Cyclocardia tokunagai Yokoyama 1924 clam |