Locality 6 - Toishi Fm, Amakusa: Middle Eocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Corbicula nagaoi
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia nipponica
Yokoyama 1911
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recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 130.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 39.7° North, 124.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Toishi | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Toishi Fm, which conformably overlies the Kyoragi Fm (Middle Eocene), and is conformably overlain by the Itchada Fm (Late Eocene). THICKNESS: From bed within formation of group that attains a thickness of ~500 m. AGE: Middle Eocene, based on molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lowermost part of formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumed lithified on the basis of age. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: A. Mizuno (c. 1964). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, unknown. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Farly modern nomenclature, and species-level assignments. |
Metadata
Database number: | 71018 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-04-14 18:58:56 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-04-14 18:58:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23772. | A. Mizuno. 1964. Paleogene and Early Neogene molluscan faunae in West Japan. Geological Survey of Japan Report 204 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |