Where: Japan (45.3° N, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 139.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meshikuni Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Meshikuni Fm, which unconformably overlies the Cretaceous Rebun Gp and is unconformably overlain by the Hamanaka Fm (?Middle Miocene). THICKNESS: From bed of less than 10 m within an appoximately ~250 m thick composite (discontinous) section. AGE: Early Miocene on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Near base of Meshikuni Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, coarse-grained, pebbly sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Y. Noda. REPOSITORY: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Primary reference: Y. A. Noda and K. Hoyanagi. 1993. Molluscan fauna from the Miocene Meshikuni Formation on Rebun Island, Northern Hokkaido. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 172:311-327 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 70344: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.03.2007
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
? Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Chlamys aff. ingeniosa Yokoyama 1929 scallop | |
"Megangulus matumotoi" = Tellina (Megangulus), Macoma sp.
"Megangulus matumotoi" = Tellina (Megangulus) tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Thecostraca | |
"Balanus" sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle |