Shobara, San-in, Japan: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Acharax tokunagai
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Ennucula osawanoensis
Ennucula sp. Iredale 1931
Acila submirabilis Makiyama 1926
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Saxolucina khataii
Saxolucina k-hataii
Pillucina yokoyamai
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea nomurae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Geloina yamanei
Geloina stachi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiliidae
Cardilia toyamaensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Phacosoma suketoensis
Siratoria siratoriensis
Meretrix arugai
Cyclina hwabongriensis
Cyclina takeyamai
Cyclina sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Nipponomarcia nakamurai (Ikebe 1941)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma izurensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Vasticardium" ogurai
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Solidicorbula succincta
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915
Hiatula minoensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Hataiarca) daitokudoensis
Anadara (Hataiarca) sp. Gray 1847
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea gravitesta
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta cf. goliath
Limatula sp. Wood 1839
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Delectopecten peckhami (Gabb 1869)
Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai (Yokoyama 1925)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium yokoyamai
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Vicarya japonica
Vicaryella bacula
Vicaryella cf. notoensis Masuda 1956
Tateiwaia yamanarii
Tateiwaia tateiwai (Makiyama 1936)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia nakamurai Otuka 1938
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum yabei Otuka 1934
Neverita (Glossaulax) sp. (Pilsbry 1929)
Neverita (Glossaulax) coticazae Makiyama 1926
Euspira meisensis (Makiyama 1926)
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Liracassis sp. Moore 1963
Echinophoria etchuensis (Hatai and Nisiyama 1949)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Apollon osawanoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Suavodrillia sp. Dall 1918
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tristichotrochus sp. Ikebe 1942
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 133.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 130.3° 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: 15.98 - 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
Help provided by Mariko Kura
Metadata
Database number:44961
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-23 03:22:50 Last modified:2004-09-24 03:33:34
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-23 03:22:50
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]