Tomisato, Tsurikake Fm: Early Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hexactinellida
- Hexactinosa
- Aphrocallistidae
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Aphrocallistes sp.
Gray 1858
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Cerithidea sp.
Swainson 1840
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Vicaryella notoensis
Masuda 1956
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea gravitesta
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Monia sp.
Gray 1850
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma sp.
Leach 1819
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta ferruginata
Makiyama 1926
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Cultellus izumoensis
Yokoyama 1923
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 139.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 136.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tsurikake |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Tuff breccia or agglomeratic conglomerate, occasionally interbedded with tuffaceous coarse grained sandstone in the upper part. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 173044 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-09-08 07:44:50 | Last modified: | 2015-09-09 05:12:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-08 07:44:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56251. | S. Uozumi. 1966. Neogene Molluscan Fauna in Hokkaido : Part II. Description of the Okushiri Fauna Associated with Vicarya, from Okushiri Island, Southwest Hokkaido. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy 13(2):139-164 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause] |