Where: Iwate, Japan (39.1° N, 141.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 140.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Tatsunokuchi Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• originally listed as Yushima. Kimura and Hasegawa (2004) call it Tatsunokuchi Fm.
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. Oishi, K. Ono, T. Kawakami, J. Sato, H. Nokariya and Y. Hasegawa. 1985. Pliocene baleen whales and bony-toothed bird from Iwate Prefecture, Japan (Parts I-VI). Bulletin of the Iwate Prefectural Museum 3:146-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56300: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mediophyceae | |
Cyclotella sp. de Brébisson 1838 | |
Bacillariophyceae | |
Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg 1839 diatom | |
Stephanopyxis sp. Ehrenberg 1845 diatom | |
Arachnoidiscus ehrenbergi diatom | |
Grammatophora marinara diatom | |
Actinocyclus ingens Rattray 1890 diatom | |
Angiospermae | |
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
? Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch | |
Fagus crenata beech
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech | |
Glyptostrobus europaeus Brongniart 1833 Chinese swamp cypress
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood | |
Anthozoa | |
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral | |
Aves | |
Odontopterygiformes indet. Howard 1957 bird | |
Mammalia | |
Herpetocetus sp. Van Beneden 1872 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Asteroidea | |
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star | |
Bivalvia | |
Cryptomya busoensis softshell clam | |
Macoma tokyoensis tellin clam | |
Clinocardium fastosum cockle | |
"Navicula sp." = Arca
"Navicula sp." = Arca Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
"Turridae" indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
? Buccinum sp. Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 true whelk | |
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail |