Otutumi, Kurokawa-gun (upper beds): Tortonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Terebratalia gouldii (Dall 1891)
Coptothyris grayi (Davidson 1852)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dallinidae
Pegmathyris miyatokoensis (Hatai 1936)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina crossei Davidson 1882
Terebratulina (Sendaithyris) otutumiensis n. sp. Hatai 1940
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 38.4° North, 140.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 139.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Tortonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Tortonian
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Otsutsumi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Otsutsumi formation (Otutumi beds in Hatai) ranges from 14 Ma to 9 Ma (Ogasawara, 1994).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse conglomeratic sandstone
Lithology description: Coarse material, conglomeratic sandstone which is non-calcareous
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:190763
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-17 20:41:55 Last modified:2017-12-17 20:41:55
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-17 20:41:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
64049. K. M. Hatai. 1940. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Japan. Science Reports, Tohoku Imperial University, Series 2 20:1-413 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]