Where: Japan (34.7° N, 137.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 137.1° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Akasawa Silt Formation (Toyohashi Group), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Akasawa Silt, which overlies the Takatsuka Gravel, and is overlain by the Toshima Sand. AGE: Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal facies of the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hayasaka
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: S. Hayasaka. REPOSITORY: Possibly Tohoku University.
Primary reference: S. Hayasaka. 1962. Summary of the geology and paleontology of the Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 195-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96947: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) djadjariensis horn snail | |
Batillaria multiformis snail | |
"Tectonatica janthostomoides" = Cryptonatica andoi, "Neverita (Glossaulax) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma
"Tectonatica janthostomoides" = Cryptonatica andoi Nomura 1935 moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail | |
"Lunella coronatus" = Turbo (Lunella)
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Umbonium (Suchium) costatum top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anadara (Scapharca) subcrenata" = Scapharca, Anadara (Scapharca) satowi, "Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni
"Anadara (Scapharca) subcrenata" = Scapharca clam
Anadara (Scapharca) satowi Dunker 1882 clam
"Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni Schrenck 1867 clam | |
Lucina stearnsiana clam
Wallucina lamyi clam | |
"Mya (Arenomya) japonica" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya (Arenomya) japonica" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam SUBSPECIES: Mya (Arenomya) japonica
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Dosinia (Paratapes) undulata venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinella) angulosa venus clam | |
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Fulvia mutica Reeve 1844 cockle | |
Macoma (Macoma) tokyoensis tellin clam | |
"Panope japonica" = Panopea
"Panope japonica" = Panopea clam |