Mino Terrane, Yukawa Complex, Norikuradake (NK Section), NKII8 (Jurassic to of Japan)

Where: Japan (36.1° N, 137.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 144.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Mesosaturnalis hexagonus other zone, Middle Toarcian to Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 170.3 Ma)

• +1 m above the NKI17

•Interval data was entered using the zonation in Carter et al. 2010 and the notes in Gorican et al., 2006.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, red, cherty/siliceous shale

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: R. S. Hori and T. Otsuka. 1989. Early Jurassic Radiolarians from the Mt. Norikuradake Area, Mino Terrane, Central Japan. Journal of Geosciences, Osaka City University 32(6):175-199 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124898: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 28.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella skowkonaensis2 Carter 1988 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae2 Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus
"Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus Yao 1972 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
? Ares "sp. D" De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Hsuum "sp. X" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Hsuum busuangaense1 radiolarian
Hsuum exiguum2 radiolarian
Parahsuum sp. Yao 1982 radiolarian
Parahsuum longiconicum1 Sashida 1988 radiolarian
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
? Eucyrtidiellum sp. Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
Eucyrtidiellum sp. Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
Eucyrtidiellum nagaiae1 Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
"Parvicingula nanoconica n. sp." = Praeparvicingula nanoconica Hori and Otsuka 1989 radiolarian
Elodium pessagnoi2 radiolarian
Parvicingula spp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
? Canoptum sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Napora sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Tripocyclia sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian