Tano, Miyazak-gun [Tano Fm]: Messinian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo (Batillus) priscus
Ozawa and Tomida 1996
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Janthinidae
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Hartungia elegans n. sp.
Tomida and Nakamura 2001
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys miurensis
(Yokoyama 1920)
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Amussiopecten iitomiensis
(Otuka 1934)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Paphia exilis
Shuto 1957
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Clementia papyracea
(Gray 1825)
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 131.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.5° North, 130.2° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | Foram zone: | N17 |
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Miyazaki | Formation: | Tano | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tano Formation of the Miyazaki Group, which is overlain by the Aye Fm (latest Miocene) and Kiyotake Fm (earliest Pliocene). AGE: Messinian (late Miocene), on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within Tano Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but likely siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, as determined from figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow siliciclastic setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated. REPOSITORY: Presumably at Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of Nagoya University (ESN). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to those treated in the systematic publication and characteristic mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 161784 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-09-12 09:44:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-09-12 09:44:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52693. | S. Tomida and Y. Nakamura. 2001. A new species of Hartungia (Gastropoda: Janthinidae) from late Miocene of Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:217-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |