Motona, Kyonan-cho [Senhata Fm] (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.2° N, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 138.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: N17 foram zone, Senhata Formation (Miyazaki Group), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Senhata Formation of the Miura Group, which is overlain by the Inakozawa Fm (early Pliocene) and overlies the Amatsu Fm (Tortonian). AGE: Messinian (late Miocene), on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within Senhata Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but likely siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as determined from figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated. REPOSITORY: MFM = not known what this acronym is for.

Primary reference: S. Tomida and Y. Nakamura. 2001. A new species of Hartungia (Gastropoda: Janthinidae) from late Miocene of Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:217-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161785: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.09.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to those treated in the systematic publication and characteristic mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Bolma virgata Ozaki 1954 snail
 Epitonioidea - Janthinidae
Hartungia elegans Tomida and Nakamura 2001 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva oliva" = Oliva (Oliva) oliva
"Oliva oliva" = Oliva (Oliva) oliva Linnaeus 1758 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus (Lithoconus) cf. litteratus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Charonia sauliae Reeve 1844 triton
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
"Bursa (Bufonariella) ranelloides" = Bursa ranelloides
"Bursa (Bufonariella) ranelloides" = Bursa ranelloides Reeve 1844 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea (Zoila) itoigawai Tomida 1989 cowry
Dysmea occidens
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Dysmea occidens Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys miurensis Yokoyama 1920 scallop
Miyagipecten matsumoriensis Masuda 1952 scallop
Amussiopecten akiyamae Masuda 1962 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pretostrea imbricata" = Hyotissa imbricata
"Pretostrea imbricata" = Hyotissa imbricata Lamarck 1819 imbricated oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia exilis Shuto 1957 venus clam
Chondrichthyes
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Dalatias licha Bonnaterre 1788 shark