Miyatsu, upper stream of the Miyatsu-gawa, Tsurikake Fm: Early/Lower Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Cerithidea sp. Swainson 1840
Cerithidea cf. tokunariensis Masuda 1956
Vicaryella notoensis Masuda 1956
Vicarya yokayamai
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Babylonia kozaiensis Nomura 1939
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chicoreus asanoi Masuda 1956
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mizuhopecten kimurai (Yokoyama 1925)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Monia sp. Gray 1850
spelled with current rank as Pododesmus (Monia)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea gravitesta
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia uetsukiensis
Scapharca kakehataensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Clinocardium okushirense Uozumi and Fujie 1966
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Macoma sp. Leach 1819
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Soletellina minoensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Nipponomarcia nakamurai (Ikebe 1941)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta ferruginata Makiyama 1926
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia nomurai Otuka 1934
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Cultellus izumoensis Yokoyama 1923
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen cf. gouldi
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes sp. Gray 1858
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 139.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 136.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tsurikake
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: breccia
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Tuff breccia or agglomeratic conglomerate, occasionally interbedded
with tuffaceous coarse grained sandstone in the upper
part.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:173083
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-09 04:59:34 Last modified:2015-09-09 05:07:37
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-09 04:59:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

56251. S. Uozumi. 1966. Neogene Molluscan Fauna in Hokkaido : Part II. Description of the Okushiri Fauna Associated with Vicarya, from Okushiri Island, Southwest Hokkaido. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy 13(2):139-164 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]