Shinike-pond (Cretaceous of Japan)

Also known as NSM-PCL11-73-1; Loc. 5 in Matsumoto and Morozumi 1980

Where: Japan (34.4° N, 135.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 124.3° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nostoceras hetonaiense zone, Azenotani Mudstone Member (Mutsuo Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy siltstone

• no paleoenvironmental data
• sandy siltstone

Primary reference: T. Kase. 1990. Late Cretaceous gastropods from the Izumi Group of southwest Japan. Journal of Paleontology 64(4):563-578 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4890: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.08.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• gastropods only
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus (Ataphrus) sp. Gabb 1869 snail
A. (Ataphrus) sp. A
Ataphrus (Ataphrus) sp. Gabb 1869 snail
A. (Ataphrus) sp. B
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia (Globularia) izumiensis n. sp. snail
G. (Globularia)
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Lysis izumiensis n. sp. snail
? Trichotropis sp. Broderip and Sowerby 1829 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Taniella japonica n. gen. n. sp.
Taniella japonica n. gen. n. sp. moon snail
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes antiqua n. sp. volute
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
Calorebama cretacea n. sp. snail