USGS F-449, Ryukyu Island - Foster (1965): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Monilea belcheri Philippi 1849
Tosatrochus attenuatus (Jonas 1844)
Trochus calcaratus
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Calcar cf. haematragus
Marmorostoma agyrostoma
spelled with current rank as Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Marmorostoma sp. (Swainson 1829)
spelled with current rank as Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Marmorostoma (Battillus) cf. cornuta
spelled with current rank as Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Turbo petholatus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium aluco
Contumax citrinus
spelled with current rank as Cerithium (Contumax)
Contumax nodulosus
spelled with current rank as Cerithium (Contumax)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Mammilla aff. melanostoma (Gmelin 1791)
Naticarius sp. Dumeril 1806
Naticarius cf. marochiensis
    = Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz 1843
Majima 1989
original and current combination Natica gualteriana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria cf. trapezium
Peristernia wagneri
Latirus polygonus (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus cf. fumosus (Dillwyn 1817)
recombined as Cantharus (Pollia) fumosus
Kelletia sp. Fischer 1884
spelled with current rank as Siphonalia (Kelletia)
or Latirus sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra punticulata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra cf. straminea
Terebra aff. formosana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Conus cf. lividus Bruguière 1792
Conus cf. marmoreus Linnaeus 1758
Conus cf. ebraeus Linnaeus 1758
Conus cf. litteratus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus
Conus cf. generalis Linnaeus 1767
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Chicoreus) cf. microphyllus
original and current combination Chicoreus
Coralliophila cf. costularis
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus cf. tridentatus
Strombus (Euprotomus) cf. vomer Röding 1798
Eustrombus thersites
original and current combination Strombus (Eustrombus)
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis (Casmaria) erinacea (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Casmaria erincaeus
Cassis cf. cornuta (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sowerbyi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia bicolorata
Acar plicata (Dillwyn 1817)
Arca ventricosa Lamarck 1819
recombined as Lamarcka ventricosa
Arca arabica Philippi 1847
synonym of Lamarcka avellana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris rotunda
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Glycymeris cf. vestita
Glycymeris (Tucetona) aff. nodosa
original and current combination Tucetona
Glycymeris (Tucetona) auriflua Reeve 1843
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna cf. noae Röding 1798
Cardium (Trachycardium) sp. (Mörch 1853)
original and current combination Trachycardium
Discors cf. lyrata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Periglypta sp. Jukes-Browne 1914
Periglypta cf. reticulata (Linnaeus 1758)
? Venus (Ventricola) sp. (Römer 1867)
spelled with current rank as Antigona (Ventricola)
? Lioconcha sp. Mörch 1853
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita cf. variegata Bruguière 1792
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Ryukyu
Coordinates: 24.4° North, 124.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.4° North, 124.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sakishima Formation:Ryukyu Limestone
Local section:F-449
Regional section:Ryukyu
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The Ryukyu Limestone unconformably overlies rocks of the Ishigaki Group, the Miyara Formation, the Nosoko Formation, and the Omoto Granite. Two principal lithologies are present - a stratified sandy limestone, and a massive coralliferous limestone. Conglomeratic limestone is common at th base of the formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,brown,yellow poorly lithified sandy,calcareous "limestone"
Secondary lithology:fine,shelly/skeletal lithified calcareous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The sandy foraminiferal limestone consists of sand sized particles loosely to formly cemented together by calcium carbonate. It is white, light tan or cream. The coralliferous limestone is mostly a well lithified, bioclastic, recrystallized limestone composed of tests or fragments of forams, pieces of corals, pieces of algae, and other types of fossils in a groundmass of fine calcareous organic debris.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: Probably reposited in USGS and USNM collections
Taxonomic list comments:Representative of mollusca. Identified by F.S. MacNeil (mollusca). Corals excluded from list (too many)
Metadata
Also known as:USGS F-449
Database number:41606
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-17 23:07:36 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-17 23:07:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11144. H. L. Foster. 1965. Geology of Ishigaki-shima Ryukyu-retto. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 399(A):1-119 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

26376 R. Majima. 1989. Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan. Bulletins of American Paleontology 96(331):1-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]