Also known as Locality 11
Where: Japan (37.5° N, 140.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 138.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kubota Formation (Higashi-Tanakura Group), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• Higbashi-Tanajura group is a marine representative of the regressive Genjigawa stage
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, medium-grained, micaceous, gray, blue, argillaceous sandstone and lithified, fine-grained, micaceous, black, blue, argillaceous sandstone
Primary reference: Y. Iwasaki. 1970. The Shiobara-type Molluscan Fauna: An ecological analysis of fossil molluscs. Journal of the faculty of science, University of Tokyo, Section 2 17(3):351-444 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski/K. Bulinski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52117: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 25.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium yokoyamai tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
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Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926 clam | |
Ostrea gravitesta oyster | |
"Chlamys kaneharai" = Mimachlamys kaneharai, "Pecten (Patinopecten) paraplebejus" = Mizuhopecten paraplebejus
"Chlamys kaneharai" = Mimachlamys kaneharai Yokoyama 1926 scallop
"Pecten (Patinopecten) paraplebejus" = Mizuhopecten paraplebejus Nomura and Hatai 1936 scallop | |
Panopea japonica clam | |
Tellina (Moerlla) ? sp., "Macoma incongrua" = Macoma (Macoma) incongrua
Tellina (Moerlla) ? sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Macoma incongrua" = Macoma (Macoma) incongrua Martens 1865 tellin clam | |
Laevicardium shiobarense cockle | |
Mercenaria chitaniana, Dosinia kaneharai, Dosinia japonica, "Protothaca tateiwai" = Leukoma, Pseudamiantis pinguis
Mercenaria chitaniana quahog
Dosinia kaneharai venus clam
Dosinia japonica venus clam
"Protothaca tateiwai" = Leukoma venus clam
Pseudamiantis pinguis venus clam | |
"Felaniella usta" = Diplodonta
"Felaniella usta" = Diplodonta clam | |
"Spisula (Oxyperas) sp." = Oxyperas
"Spisula (Oxyperas) sp." = Oxyperas Mörch 1853 clam | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Neverita kiritaniana" = Glossaulax didyma
"Neverita kiritaniana" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail | |
Ocenebra cf. japonica murex snail | |
Nassarius acutidentatus snail | |
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Siphonalia cf. spadicea true whelk
Phos iwakianus true whelk | |
Cancellaria hukusimana snail | |
Charonia cf. sauliae Reeve 1844 triton | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Turritella tanaguraensis turret shell | |
Bittium intaminatum cerith snail |