Loc. 1, Kajigata, Tane-ga-shima [Tajima Fm] (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (30.7° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 130.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tajima Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tajima Fm, which locally unconformably overlies the Kumagé Gp (Paleogene) and is regionally overlain by the Hasé Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 1-2 m thickness at this section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium-coarse grained, granule bearing loose sand facies. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hayasaka

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: S. Hayasaka. REPOSITORY: Possibly Tohoku University.

Primary reference: S. Hayasaka. 1973. Pliocene marine fauna from Tane-ga-shima, South Kyushu, Japan. Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd series (Geology), Special Volume 6:97-108 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97031: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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unclassified
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Promanetllum orientale
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Frenulinidae
Pictothyris tanegashimaensis, Pictothyris picta, "Pictothyris hanzawai" = Kikaithyris hanzawai
Pictothyris picta Dillwyn 1817
"Pictothyris hanzawai" = Kikaithyris hanzawai Yabe 1932
SUBSPECIES: Pictothyris hanzawai lenticularis
 Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Coptothyris excelsa
Coptothyris excelsa Yokoyama 1923
Bivalvia
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp.
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Arcopagia (Merisca) cf. serricostata
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Callista) chinensis, Dosinia cf. troscheli, Pitar (Agriopoma) japonica, Meretrix sp.
Callista (Callista) chinensis Holten 1802 venus clam
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Oxyperas aff. bernardi, Lutraria sieboldi
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula)
"Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia (Megacardita) ferruginosa" = Megacardita
"Venericardia (Megacardita) ferruginosa" = Megacardita clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Notostrea musashiana
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Monia radiata" = Pododesmus (Monia)
"Monia radiata" = Pododesmus (Monia) scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Aequipecten vesiculosus" = Cryptopecten vesiculosus, Chlamys nipponensis, Mizuhopecten tokyoensis, Amussiopecten praesignis, Spondylus nicobaricus
"Aequipecten vesiculosus" = Cryptopecten vesiculosus Dunker 1877 scallop
Mizuhopecten tokyoensis scallop
SUBSPECIES: Mizuhopecten tokyoensis hokurikuensis
Amussiopecten praesignis Yokoyama 1922 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Empleconia) cumingii
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer sp.
Septifer sp. Récluz 1848 mussel
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Graptacme) buccinulum
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Euchelus sp.
Euchelus sp. Philippi 1847 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Neohaustator) sp.
Turritella (Neohaustator) sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella cf. spreta
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Tonna luteostoma
Atrina (Servatrina) pectinata
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Atrina (Servatrina) pectinata