Where: Japan (38.2° N, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 138.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moniwa Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Moniwa shell-beds. Moniwa Formation ranges from 16-15 Ma, according to Ogasawara (1994).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; coarse-grained, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 190766: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Coptothyris grayi Davidson 1852 | |
Terebratulina moniwaensis Hatai 1936 |