Kogachi, loc. 84 (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (26.6° N, 128.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 127.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kogachi Member (Haneji Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siltstone and sandstone

• conglomerate intercalated with granular sandstone, thin acidic tuff and fossiliferous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Noda. 1971. New anadarid and associated molluscan fauna from the Haneji Formation, Okinawa-jima, Ryukyu Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 81:27-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96674: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. coturnix pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus (Monia) noharai Noda 1971 scallop
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Umbonium (Suchium) moniliferum top snail
subsp. decoratum