Katsuhira: Selandian - Thanetian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Pseudoneilonella sp.
? Cidarina sp.
Urahorosphaera kanekoi
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea ezoensis (Nagao 1957)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira oliveri
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limaria sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium yubarense
original and current combination Pecten (Propeamussium)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Ezonuculana aff. obsoleta
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia poronaica
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Tindaria paleocenica
Bivalvia - Nuculida
Menneroctenia plena
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Truncacila) hokkaidoensis (Nagao 1932)
Leionucula yotsukurensis
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Kangilioptera sp. (Rosenkrantz 1970)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Admete katsauhiraensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Boreocomitas inouei n. sp. Amano et al. 2018
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica paleocenica
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium sp. (Cossmann 1888)
original and current combination Dentalium (Laevidentalium)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Striodentalium sp. Habe 1964
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido County:Urahoro
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 143.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.4° North, 135.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian - Thanetian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Katsuhira
Stratigraphy comments: upper Selandian to lowest Thanetian Katsuhira Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:basinal (siliceous)
Geology comments: bathyal; wood fall
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:206290
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-11-08 16:19:37 Last modified:2019-11-12 13:57:31
Access level:the public Released:2019-11-08 16:19:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

70887. K. Amano, K. Hryniewicz, and R. G. Jenkins. 2018. A newly discovered Paleocene species of Boreocomitas (Gastropoda: Pseudomelatomidae) from eastern Hokkaido, Japan, with implications for the biogeography of the Paleocene Bering Strait. The Nautilus 132(3-4):117-123 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]