Katsuyama (UF) Section, Inuyama, Kb4 (Jurassic of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.4° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 146.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pantanellium tanuense zone, Early/Lower Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert and lithified shale

• rythmically alternating sequence of light red-brown chert and shale beds

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: R. Hori. 1992. Radiolarian Biostratigraphy at the Triassic/Jurassic Period Boundary in Bedded Cherts from the Inuyama Area, Central Japan. Journal of Geosciences, Osaka City University 35(4):53-65 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 54234: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 27.09.2005, edited by Adam Kocsis

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum sp. Yao 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Dictyomitrella "sp. C" Haeckel 1887 radiolarian
Yao, 1982
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Syringocapsa coliforme Hori 1988 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis sp. De Wever 1982 radiolarian
Jurassic type Bipedis
Bipedis yaoi Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
originally mentioned as Bipedis sp. B; valid name from Gorican et al. 2006
Bipedis japonicus Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
originally mentioned as Bipedis sp. A; valid name from Gorican et al. 2006
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Xenorum "sp. A" Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Crucella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Udalia sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium cf. kluense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian