Kaki, Nagi-cho, Okayama: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Telescopium cf. schencki
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Vicarya japonica
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1356 specimens | |||||||||
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Tateiwaia yamanarii
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Tateiwaia tateiwai
(Makiyama 1936)
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128 specimens | |||||||||
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Vicaryella sp.
Yabe and Hatai 1938
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Taguchi 1981 | 222 specimens | ||||||||
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Vicaryella cf. notoensis
Masuda 1956
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) tokunariensis
Masuda 1956
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1371 specimens | |||||||||
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Terebralia itoigawai n. sp.
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135 specimens | |||||||||
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Terebralia kakiensis n. sp.
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Batillaria toshioi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Batillaria sp.
Benson 1842
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Taguchi 1981 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Taguchi 1981 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella kiiensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Searlesia kurodai
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| subsp. kinseiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) capuchinus
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26 specimens | |||||||||
| n. subsp. nagiensis | ||||||||||
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Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) sp.
Oyama 1950
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Taguchi 1981 | 62 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Lunella kurodai
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Turbo (Lunella) | ||||||||||
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Turbo ozawai
Otuka 1938
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Turbo cf. ozawai
Otuka 1938
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Homalopoma sp.
Carpenter 1864
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita cf. ishidae
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Nerita sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Cultellus izumoensis
Yokoyama 1923
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96 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Taguchi 1981 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Martesia sp.
Sowerby 1824
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Solidicorbula succincta
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Corbula (Solidicorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Hiatula minoensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Mya | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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? Joannisiella sp.
Dall 1895
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Taguchi 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cyclina takeyamai
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Clementia japonica
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Taguchi 1981 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Clementia sp.
Gray 1847
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Taguchi 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Geloina cf. stachi
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Polymesoda (Geloina) | ||||||||||
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Geloina yamanei
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Polymesoda (Geloina) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Asaphis sp.
Modeer 1793
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Apolymetis sp.
Salisbury 1929
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Tellina notoensis
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Fabulina sp.
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Taguchi 1981 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Tellina (Fabulina) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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? Isognomon sp.
Lightfoot 1786
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Taguchi 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea gravitesta
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Taguchi 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca elongata n. sp.
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70 specimens | |||||||||
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Striarca uetsukiensis
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Striarca sp.
Conrad 1862
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Taguchi 1981 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Anadara (Hataiarca) kakehataensis
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22 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Hataiarca) sp.
Gray 1847
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Taguchi 1981 | 14 specimens | ||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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"Balanus" sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Taguchi 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 134.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 131.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | paralic indet. |
| Geology comments: brackish and muddy bottom fauna | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77742 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-18 03:31:52 | Last modified: | 2008-01-18 06:28:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-18 03:31:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26256. | 1% 11720 | E. Taguchi, T. Osafune, and A. Obayashi. 1981. New Miocene mollusca from the Katsuta Group, Nagi-cho, Okayama Prefecture, SW Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 8:1-6 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 26257 | E. Taguchi. 1981. Geloina/Telescopium bearing molluscan assemblages from the Katsuta Group, Okayama Prefecture - with special reference to brackish faunal zonation in the Miocene of Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 8:7-20 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |