Goshoura Island (Loc.1102): Albian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer mifunensis Tamura 1976
Brachidontes mashikensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea kawauchidensis Tamura 1977
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia foldia
Placunopsis sp. Morris and Lycett 1853
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Matsumotoa unisulcata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonioididae
Trigonioides sp. Kobayashi and Suzuki 1936
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Pulsidis higoensis
Pulsidis okadai
Nipponicorbula mifunensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Pseudasaphis japonica
Costocyrena mifunensis
Eomiodon matsubasensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Tetoria shishijimensis
Tetoria matsumotoi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium kyushuensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Linearia cancerata
original and current combination Linearis
Linearia ovaloida
original and current combination Linearis
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen sp. Conrad 1865
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Pharella sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 130.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 127.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Goshoura Formation:Eboshi Member:Hobashiraiwa
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation lithified muddy sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandy mudstone
Lithology description: Assemblage is composed mainly of brackish-water bivalves, and is found in intensely bioturbated muddy sandstone and sandy mudstone of tidal flat deposits.
Environment:coastal indet.
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:123156
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:D. Wellmanns
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-12 23:33:05 Last modified:2012-01-12 06:33:05
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-01-12 23:33:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

38682. T. Komatsu and H. Maeda. 2005. Stratigraphy and fossil bivalve assemblages of the mid-Cretaceous Goshoura Group, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 9(2):119-142 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]