Sakawa Area, Kochigatani Group, Shikoku: Carnian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Neoschizodus (Neoschizodus) nakajimensis (Ichikawa 1949)
original and current combination Rhynchonella nakajimensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo telliniformis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nucula iwayai
Trigonucula sakawana Ichikawa 1949
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Falcimytilus tenuiformis
Falcimytilus nasai (Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1950)
Modiolus paronaiformis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys mojsisovicsi (Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1949)
Tosapecten pseudohiemalis
original and current combination Weyla (Tosapecten)
Tosapecten suzukii (Kobayashi 1931)
subsp. suzukii
? Eopecten sumeriensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
? Oxytoma dieneri
original and current combination Avicula (Oxytoma)
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) mojsisovicsi Teller 1886
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) kashiwaiensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea naumanni (Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1951)
? Plagiostoma kuromagariense
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
? Eumorphotis aff. spitzbergensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
? Cassianella dubia
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia molukkana
Halobia sedaka
Halobia obsoleta
Halobia multilineata
Halobia alta
Halobia longissima
Halobia kashiwaiensis
Halobia kawadai Yehara 1927
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
? Parallelodon infrequens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites kochigataniensis
Unionites carinatus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Triaphorus trapezoidalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Sakawanella triadica Ichikawa 1950
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Palaeopharidae
Palaeopharus oblongatus
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya forsbergi
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
subsp. nipponica
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
? Cultellus ellipsoidalis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia mellingi (Hauer 1857)
recombined as Fimbria mellingi
subsp. japonica
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus (Neoschizodus) dieneri
Neoschizodus (Okunominetania) okunominetaniensis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Minetrigonia katayamai
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kochi
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 133.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.2° North, 117.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kochigatani
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of Kochigatani Group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40471
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-24 01:24:02 Last modified:2004-06-29 14:46:12
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-24 01:24:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10664. I. Hayami. 1975. A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin (10) [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]