Location 9 - Tappu Fm, Rumoi: Late/Upper Eocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Sareptidae
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Portlandia ovata
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Portlandia watasei
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia tokudai
Takeda 1953
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 141.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 138.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tappu | Formation: | Tappu | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Tappu Fm of the Tappu Gp, which overlies the Shimokine Fm, a correlative of the Poronai and Shimizusawa Fm. THICKNESS: From bed within formation of unknown thickness. AGE: Late Eocene on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Assume to be lithified on the basis of age. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Offshore marine, siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: K. Kubo. REPOSITORY: Unknown, not stated in text. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated, but with species-level identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 71043 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-14 23:28:12 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-04-14 23:28:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23771. | A. Mizuno. 1964. Summary of the Paleogene molluscan faunas in North Japan. Geological Survey of Japan Report 207 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |