Soun Mbr - Kushiro: Late/Upper Eocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Semisulcospira fiscina
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SUBSPECIES: S. fiscina yokoyamai | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea eorivularis
Oyama and Mizuno 1958
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Corbicula sitakaraensis
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Cerithidea ishikariensis
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 144.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 140.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Urahoro | Formation: | Teshibetsu | Member: | Soun Mudstone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Soun coal-bearing member of the Teshibetsu Fm, Urahoro Gp (Middle Eocene) and underlies the Soun coal-bearing mbr and overlies the Yubetsu coal-bearing Mbr. THICKNESS: From unit which reaches a thickness of 30-40 m. AGE: Late Eocene based on molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for unit from local area. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology. LITHIFICATION: Assume to be lithified on the basis of age. | |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Brackish and fluvial faunal assemblage. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T. Mizuno and Hyakkoku (c. 1960). REPOSITORY: Unknown, not stated in text. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes characteristic bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated, but with species-level identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 71046 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-04-15 00:16:27 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-04-15 00:16:25 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23771. | A. Mizuno. 1964. Summary of the Paleogene molluscan faunas in North Japan. Geological Survey of Japan Report 207 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |