Th Loc 1a: Lutetian - Bartonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides huzitai n. sp.
Cerithideopsilla hondai n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar ozakii n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010
Cyclina (Cyclinorbis) aff. nodai (Nagao 1928)
original and current combination Cyclina nodai
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hyogo
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 135.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.7° North, 129.1° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Lutetian - Bartonian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kobe Formation:Tainohata
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified muddy sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Poorly sorted muddy sandstone to coarse grained sandstone.
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: The muddy or sandy bottoms of intertidal to uppermost sublittorial zone in embayments, brackish embayments or estuaries.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens housed at Akashi City Cultural Museum and Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo.
Metadata
Database number:102033
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles
Created:2011-01-07 01:59:16 Last modified:2011-01-06 09:03:05
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-07 01:59:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34662. T. Matsubara, H. Kurita, and H. Matsuo. 2010. Eocene Mollusca from the Tainohata Formation in Kobe City, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 14(2):119-144 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/M. Uhen]