Chinomi River CU-CM, Urakawa, sample CM22 (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (42.2° N, 142.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 134.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: U1 Member (Urakawa Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• sample CM22, Orbiculiforma quadrata zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified claystone

• claystone with thin layers of sandstone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: Y. Taketani. 1982. Cretaceous radiolarian biostratigraphy of the Urakawa and Obira areas, Hokkaido. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Serie 2: Geology 52:1-76 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96039: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma quadrata Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Pseudoaulophacus lenticulatus White 1928 radiolarian
Pseudoaulophacus cf. floresensis Pessagno 1963 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
 Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella espartoensis Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Lithatractus pusillus Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum bipartitum Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Neosciadiocapsidae
Squinabolella putahensis Pessagno 1969 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax "sp. A" Foreman 1966 radiolarian
Amphipyndax stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
"Stichomitra manifesta" = Novodiacanthocapsa manifesta
"Stichomitra manifesta" = Novodiacanthocapsa manifesta Foreman 1978 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae
Theocampe apicata Foreman 1971 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Cannobotryidae
Rhopalosyringium cf. magnificum Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Acropyramididae
Cornutella californica Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
var. B
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Mita regina radiolarian
Dictyomitra formosa Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichomitra "sp. B" Cayeux 1897 radiolarian
Stichomitra "sp. A" Cayeux 1897 radiolarian
? Eucyrtidium matsumotoi Taketani 1982 radiolarian
Stichocapsa "sp. A" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Solenotryma cf. dacryodes Foreman 1968 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
"Stichomitra asymbatos" = Xitus asymbatos
"Stichomitra asymbatos" = Xitus asymbatos Foreman 1968 radiolarian