Hida-Furukawa (On-01): Valanginian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Tetoria (Tetoria) yokoyamai
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Myrene (Mesocorbicula) tetoriensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 137.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.8° North, 139.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tetori Formation:Taie
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy mudstone
Lithology description: Tetori Group in the region is composed mainly of mudstone, sandstone, and conglomerates, and can be divided into six stratigraphic units named, in ascending order, the Tanemura, Numamachi, Sugizaki/ Tochio, Taie, and Inagoe Formations
Environment:deltaic indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:116159
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:D. Wellmanns
Modifier:D. Wellmanns Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-09-06 01:01:09 Last modified:2011-09-06 08:53:15
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-09-06 01:01:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37320. M. Matsukawa and M. Fukui. 2009. Hauterivian-Barremian marine molluscan fauna from the Tetori Group in Japan and late Mesozoic marine transgressions in East Asia. Cretaceous Research 30:615-631 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]