Shizukawa Area, Niranohama Formation, Honshu: Hettangian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bakevelloides
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia (Neobakevellia) trigona (Yokoyama 1904)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria kitakamiensis Hayami 1958
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon (Isognomon) rikuzenicus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) nakanoi
Parallelodon (Cosmetodon) niranohamensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) mabuchii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Integricardium (Yokoyamaina) hayamii Keen 1969
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Eomiodon lunulatus
Eomiodon vulgaris
? Eomiodon giganteus
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
? Cuspidaria praenipponica
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia subrhombica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Coelastarte cardiniiformis
reassigned as Neocrassina (Coelastarte)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Geratrigonia lata
possibly conspecific with G. hosourensis
Geratrigonia hosourensis (Yokoyama 1904)
Trigonia senex
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
? Orthotrigonia midareta
original and current combination Myophorella (Orthotrigonia)
Vaugonia (Vaugonia) niranohamensis
Vaugonia (Vaugonia) namigashira
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Miyagi
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 141.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° North, 152.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Hettangian
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Shizukawa Formation:Niranohama
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
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:40541
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-25 01:08:33 Last modified:2004-06-29 15:07:33
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-25 01:08:33
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]