Mirokudake: Late/Upper Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula subtumida Nagao 1928
recombined as Caestocorbula subtumida
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista ariakensis n. sp. Nagao 1928
recombined as Callista (Microcallista) ariakensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta problematica n. sp. Nagao 1928
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina gemma n. sp. Nagao 1928
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polynices (Lunatia) utoensis n. sp. Nagao 1928
Polynices (Neverita) eocenica n. sp. Nagao 1928
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella okadai n. sp. Nagao 1928
Gastropoda - Pachychilidae
Faunus nipponicus Nagao 1928
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 130.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.3° North, 125.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Orthulax japonicus zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Mizuno (c. 1964). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Farly modern nomenclature, and species-level assignments.
Metadata
Database number:203227
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2019-08-06 13:54:12 Last modified:2019-08-06 15:43:48
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-06 13:54:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61622. T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]