Where: Japan (34.6° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 137.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Toshima Sand Formation (Toyohashi Group), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Toshima Sand of the Toyohasi Gp, which overlies the Akasawa SIlt, and is overlain by the Tonami Gravel of the Tahara Gp. AGE: Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the "megashell bed", Takamatsu shell sand facies of the Toshima Sand.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hayasaka
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: S. Hayasaka. REPOSITORY: Possibly Tohoku University.
Primary reference: S. Hayasaka. 1962. Summary of the geology and paleontology of the Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 195-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96969: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Paradentalium) octangulatum tusk shell SUBSPECIES Dentalium (Paradentalium) octangulatum hexagonum
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Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Scapharca) satowi Dunker 1882 clam | |
Pecten (Pecten) albicans Schröter 1802 scallop | |
Anomia chinensis jingle | |
"Panope japonica" = Panopea
"Panope japonica" = Panopea clam | |
Venatomya truncata, "Mya (Arenomya) japonica" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Venatomya truncata softshell clam
"Mya (Arenomya) japonica" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam SUBSPECIES: Mya (Arenomya) japonica oonogai
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Fulvia mutica Reeve 1844 cockle | |
"Fabulina nitidula" = Tellina (Fabulina)
"Fabulina nitidula" = Tellina (Fabulina) tellin clam | |
Pitar (Agriopoma) japonicum, Venerupis (Amygdala) variegata, Clementia (Clementia) vatheleti, Paphia (Paphia) vernicosa, Dosinia (Phacosoma) troscheli
Pitar (Agriopoma) japonicum venus clam
Clementia (Clementia) vatheleti venus clam
Paphia (Paphia) vernicosa venus clam
Dosinia (Phacosoma) troscheli venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Canarium (Labiostrombus) japonicum" = Strombus (Labiostrombus)
"Canarium (Labiostrombus) japonicum" = Strombus (Labiostrombus) conch | |
Rapana thomasiana murex snail |