Where: Japan (39.3° N, 140.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 137.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sugota Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• From the middle or possibly lower part of the Sugota beds. Sugota Formation contains diatoms of zones NPD 5A and 5B, indicating Serravallian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, coarse-grained, muddy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Saito Ho-on Museum
Primary reference: K. M. Hatai. 1940. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Japan. Science Reports, Tohoku Imperial University, Series 2 20:1-413 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190742: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulina tohokuensis n. sp.
Terebratulina tohokuensis n. sp. Nomura and Hatai 1936 |