Maesawa: Zanclean, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Wistaria sp.
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagus crenata
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753
Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae
? Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753
Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847
Glyptostrobus europaeus (Brongniart 1833)
original and current combination Taxodium europaeum
Bacillariophyceae - Striatellales - Striatellaceae
Grammatophora marinara
Bacillariophyceae - Arachnoidiscales - Arachnoidiscaceae
Arachnoidiscus ehrenbergi
Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Stephanopyxidaceae
Stephanopyxis sp. Ehrenberg 1845
Bacillariophyceae - Hemidiscaceae
Actinocyclus ingens Rattray 1890
Bacillariophyceae - Coscinodiscales - Coscinodiscaceae
Coscinodiscus marginatus Ehrenberg 1839
Mediophyceae - Stephanodiscales - Stephanodiscaceae
Cyclotella sp. de Brébisson 1838
Asteroidea
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes
Odontopterygiformes indet. Howard 1957
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Balaenopteridae informal sp. A Gray 1864
2 specimens
    = Burtinopsis sp. Van Beneden 1872
Oishi and Hasegawa 1995
    = Herpetocetus sp. Van Beneden 1872
Kimura and Hasegawa 2004
new species
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Buccinum sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Turridae" indet. Swainson 1840
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya busoensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma tokyoensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Clinocardium fastosum
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Navicula sp. (Blainville 1825)
synonym of Arca
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Iwate
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 141.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 140.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tatsunokuchi
Stratigraphy comments: originally listed as Yushima. Kimura and Hasegawa (2004) call it Tatsunokuchi Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: open to shallow water (changed over time), warm water
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56300
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2005-11-16 12:40:53 Last modified:2018-11-24 12:48:36
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-16 12:40:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15167. 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]

Secondary references:

15356 T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa. 2004. An outline of the Miocene cetotheres of Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 8:79-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
40386 H. Matsuoka, Y. Koda, K. Ono and Y. Hasegawa. 2003. Pseudodontorn fossils from Japan, with preliminary observations on the maxilla specimen from the Lower Oligocene Iwaki Formation, Fukushima, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7:47-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12148 M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]