Nima, San-in: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Ampllonatica sp.
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula isimotoi
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Telescopium schencki
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella yoshidai
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor kurodae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira meisensis (Makiyama 1926)
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Echinophoria etchuensis (Hatai and Nisiyama 1949)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Fusitriton natoriana
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Eudolium sp. Dall 1889
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Makiyamaia sp. MacNeil 1960
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Ancistrolepis togariensis
Pseudoneptunea sp. Kobelt 1882
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Babylonia kozaiensis Nomura 1939
Searlesia sp. Harmer 1914
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pugilina sazanami
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius simizui
Nassarius kometubus
Nassarius honoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Musashia (Nipponomeron) "striata"
spelled with current rank as Fulgoraria (Musashia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Boreotrophon osawanoensis
Boreotrophon sp. Fischer 1884
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula atsukoae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas sp. Finlay 1926
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clavus sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma simane
Protorotella sp. Makiyama 1925
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Minolia sp. Adams 1860
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Euchelus sp. Philippi 1847
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Portlandia iwatensis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Lamellinucula sp. Schenck 1944
spelled with current rank as Nucula (Lamellinucula)
Acila submirabilis Makiyama 1926
recombined as Acila (Acila) submirabilis
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia kamayashikensis
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya japonica Jay 1857
synonym of Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta" sp. Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementina nakosoensis
Siratoria siratoriensis
spelled with current rank as Tapes (Siratoria)
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Phacosoma suketoensis
spelled with current rank as Dosinia (Phacosoma)
Callista sp. Poli 1791
Cyclina lunulata Makiyama 1926
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria osawanoensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma optiva
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Vasticardium" ogurai
spelled with current rank as Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
"Vasticardium" cf. ogurai
spelled with current rank as Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira (Philis) sp. Lamarck 1818
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma sp. Dall 1901
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella (Crassatina) pauxilla
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia siogamensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Solamen sp. Iredale 1924
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus cf. wanizakiensis
Modiolus arakawensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mizuhopecten imamurai
Mizuhopecten sp. Masuda 1963
Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai (Yokoyama 1925)
Kotorapecten kagamianus
ssp. nimaensis
Chlamys cf. arakawai (Nomura 1935)
recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) arakawai
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Scapharca) setoensis
original and current combination Scapharca
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 132.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 129.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Age given as early Middle Miocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet. Tectonic setting:back-arc basin
Geology comments: Environments ranging from intertidal, eulitoral to sublitoral
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Summary of all mossulscs recovered from area
Metadata
Database number:44960
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-23 03:21:51 Last modified:2012-01-26 10:40:30
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-23 03:21:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11713.1% 8100K. Takayasu. 1986. Characteristics of the Miocene molluscan assemblages from central San-in District, Southwest Honshu, Japan. Monograph of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 6:155-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Bruning]