Hamada, San-in: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia minoensis Kobayashi 1954
synonym of Aturia cubaensis
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Vicarya cf. yokoyamai Takeyama 1933
Vicaryella notoensis Masuda 1956
Cerithidea cf. kanpokuensis
Cerithideopsilla minoensis
spelled with current rank as Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum
spelled with current rank as Rhinoclavis (Proclava)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella kadonosawensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum yabei Otuka 1934
synonym of Sinum ineptum
Euspira meisensis (Makiyama 1926)
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea cf. ohiroi Masuda 1967
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus tiganouranus Oyama 1950
synonym of Chicoreus asanoi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella fulgurata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Noditerebra cf. osawanoensis
synonym of Duplicaria
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pugilina sazanami
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma simane
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Lunella kurodai
spelled with current rank as Turbo (Lunella)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella confusa
ssp. kongiensis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila submirabilis Makiyama 1926
recombined as Acila (Acila) submirabilis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella (Crassatina) pauxilla
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya turunagai
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Ezocallista kurodae
Meretrix lamarckii
Siratoria siratoriensis
spelled with current rank as Tapes (Siratoria)
Siratoria cf. microsiratori
spelled with current rank as Tapes (Siratoria)
Compsomyax iizukai
original and current combination Venerella (Compsomyax)
Phacosoma nomurai
spelled with current rank as Dosinia (Phacosoma)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma optiva
Macoma izurensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Clinocardium andoi
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Solidicorbula nisataiensis
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Solidicorbula)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea japonica
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma acutilineatum (Conrad 1849)
recombined as Lucinoma acutilineata
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea denselamellosa
Crassostrea gravitesta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Placopecten protomollitus
Mizuhopecten imamurai
Mizuhopecten kimurai (Yokoyama 1925)
ssp. murayamai
Chlamys itogawae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia osawanoensis
Barbatia cf. kubara
Anadara watanabei
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris minoensis
Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium yokoyamai
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 132.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 129.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Age given as early Middle Miocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet. Tectonic setting:back-arc basin
Geology comments: Environments ranging from intertidal, eulitoral to sublitoral
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Summary of all mossulscs recovered from area
Metadata
Database number:44959
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-23 03:20:58 Last modified:2012-01-26 10:37:35
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-23 03:20:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11713.1% 8100K. Takayasu. 1986. Characteristics of the Miocene molluscan assemblages from central San-in District, Southwest Honshu, Japan. Monograph of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 6:155-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Bruning]