Aw2, Minakuchi, Seidan-cho (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.3° N, 134.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 123.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pravitoceras sigmoidale ammonoid zone, Seidan Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Osaka Museum of Natural History

Primary reference: Y. Morozumi. 1985. Late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) ammonites from Awaji Island, southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 39:1-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176801: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.03.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Gigantocapulidae
"Anisomyon problematicus" = Gigantocapulus problematicus
"Anisomyon problematicus" = Gigantocapulus problematicus Nagao and Otatume 1938 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
"Solenoceras (Solenoceras) cf. texanum" = Solenoceras texanum
"Solenoceras (Solenoceras) cf. texanum" = Solenoceras texanum Shumard 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Pravitoceras sigmoidale Yabe 1902 ammonite