Nima, San-in: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Euchelus sp. Philippi 1847
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma simane
Protorotella sp. Makiyama 1925
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Minolia sp. Adams 1860
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Ampllonatica sp.
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Inquisitor kurodae
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Telescopium schencki
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella yoshidai
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula isimotoi
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Echinophoria etchuensis (Hatai and Nisiyama 1949)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Fusitriton natoriana
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Eudolium sp. Dall 1889
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pugilina sazanami
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius simizui
Nassarius kometubus
Nassarius honoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Babylonia kozaiensis Nomura 1939
Searlesia sp. Harmer 1914
Ancistrolepis togariensis
Pseudoneptunea sp. Kobelt 1882
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Boreotrophon osawanoensis
Boreotrophon sp. Fischer 1884
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Musashia (Nipponomeron) "striata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Makiyamaia sp. MacNeil 1960
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clavus sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Comitas sp. Finlay 1926
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula atsukoae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira meisensis (Makiyama 1926)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys cf. arakawai (Nomura 1935)
Mizuhopecten imamurai
Mizuhopecten sp. Masuda 1963
Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai (Yokoyama 1925)
Kotorapecten kagamianus
ssp. nimaensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Scapharca) setoensis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Solamen sp. Iredale 1924
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus cf. wanizakiensis
Modiolus arakawensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Siratoria siratoriensis
Phacosoma suketoensis
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cyclina lunulata Makiyama 1926
Clementina nakosoensis
Callista sp. Poli 1791
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria osawanoensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
"Diplodonta" sp. Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Vasticardium" ogurai
"Vasticardium" cf. ogurai
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma optiva
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya japonica Jay 1857
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia kamayashikensis
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira (Philis) sp. Lamarck 1818
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma sp. Dall 1901
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia siogamensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella (Crassatina) pauxilla
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Lamellinucula sp. Schenck 1944
Acila submirabilis Makiyama 1926
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Portlandia iwatensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 132.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 129.6° 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: 15.98 - 13.82 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:44960
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-23 03:21:51 Last modified:2012-01-26 10:40:30
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-23 03:21:51
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]