Also known as Locality 1
Where: Japan (36.0° N, 139.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 136.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Yoshii Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• formations cover unconformably the Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and crystalline shists
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified sandstone and lithified siltstone
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 52315: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 03.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium yokoyamai tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella ? tanaguraensis turret shell |