Where: Japan (34.6° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 137.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Toshima Sand Formation (Toyohashi Group), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Toshima Sand of the Toyohasi Gp, which overlies the Akasawa SIlt, and is overlain by the Tonami Gravel of the Tahara Gp. AGE: Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the "Mya bed", Takamatsu shell sand facies of the Toshima Sand.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone
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 96970: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Anomia chinensis jingle | |
Pecten (Pecten) albicans Schröter 1802 scallop
Volachlamys awajiensis scallop | |
Ostrea (Ostrea) denselamellosa, "Ostrea (Crenostrea) pestigris" = Planostrea pestigris
"Ostrea (Crenostrea) pestigris" = Planostrea pestigris Hanley 1846 flat oyster | |
"Arca boucardi" = Tetrarca boucardi
"Arca boucardi" = Tetrarca boucardi Jousseaume 1894 clam | |
Striarca (Didimacar) tenebrica, Anadara (Scapharca) satowi, "Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni
Anadara (Scapharca) satowi Dunker 1882 clam
"Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni Schrenck 1867 clam | |
Solen gordonis clam | |
"Panope japonica" = Panopea
"Panope japonica" = Panopea clam | |
"Psammacoma kazusensis" = Macoma (Psammacoma), Macoma (Macoma) tokyoensis, Arcopagia (Merisca) subtruncata
"Psammacoma kazusensis" = Macoma (Psammacoma) tellin clam SUBSPECIES: Psammacola kazusensis atsumiensis
Macoma (Macoma) tokyoensis tellin clam
Arcopagia (Merisca) subtruncata tellin clam | |
Fulvia mutica Reeve 1844 cockle | |
Mactra (Macvtra) sulcataria, "Schizothaerus keenae" = Tresus
"Schizothaerus keenae" = Tresus clam | |
Venerupis (Amygdala) variegata, Dosinia (Dosinella) angulosa, Dosinia (Phacosoma) troscheli, Paphia (Paphia) vernicosa, Protothaca (Protothaca) jedoensis
Dosinia (Dosinella) angulosa venus clam
Dosinia (Phacosoma) troscheli venus clam
Paphia (Paphia) vernicosa venus clam
Protothaca (Protothaca) jedoensis venus clam | |
Cardita leana clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Euchelus ornatissima snail | |
"Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi
"Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi Reeve 1859 slipper shell | |
Tonna allium tun shell | |
"Hemifusus tuba" = Volema (Hemifusus)
"Hemifusus tuba" = Volema (Hemifusus) snail | |
Babylonia japonica Reeve 1842 true whelk
Siphonalia cassidariaeformis Reeve 1843 true whelk
"Siphonalia signum" = Siphonalia signa Reeve 1846 true whelk | |
Narona nodulifera snail | |
Strioterebrum (Punctoterebra) lischkeana auger snail | |
Purpura (Mancinella) luteostoma, Coralliophila hataii, Rapana thomasiana, "Murex (Chicoreus) asianus" = Chicoreus
Purpura (Mancinella) luteostoma murex snail
Coralliophila hataii murex snail
Rapana thomasiana murex snail
"Murex (Chicoreus) asianus" = Chicoreus murex snail | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) reinana moon snail |