Sebayashi, Nakazato-mura, Sebayashi Formation, Gunma: Early/Lower Aptian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sanchuensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Pulsidis sanchuensis n. sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Costocyrena radiatostriata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Tetoria sanchuensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Gunma
Coordinates: 36.1° North, 138.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.4° North, 140.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian
Key time interval:Early/Lower Aptian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sanchu Formation:Sebayashi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of the formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: brackish-water environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:67143
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-10 02:34:17 Last modified:2015-02-02 13:29:10
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-10 02:34:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19151. T. Kozai. 1986. Early Cretaceous Pulsidis (Bivalvia) from Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 144:479-489 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]