Where: Japan (36.5° N, 137.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 140.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arimine Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo (NMNS)
Primary reference: T. Sato and T. Yamada. 2014. A new Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) ammonite assemblage from the Arimine Formation (Tetori Group) in the Arimine area, southeastern Toyama Prefecture, northern Central Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C, Geology and Paleontology 40:21-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 182864: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.11.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Holcophylloceras sp. Spath 1927 ammonite | |
Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) kiritaniensis Sato 1962 ammonite | |
Ochetoceras sp. ammonite
Ochetoceras cf. irregulare Berckhemer and Hölder 1959 ammonite |