Also known as Samples 1-10, and 302-303
Where: Japan (34.8° N, 137.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 137.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ukari Formation (Kakegawa Group), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Reference section of Pliocene rocks in Japan
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, fine-grained sandstone and tuff
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk,
• There were 200-1500 individual forams present in each sample. The number of mollusc individuals per sample is not reported. Forams were extracted from blocks of sediment weighing 1-2kg each.
Primary reference: K. Chinzei and M. Aoshima. 1976. Marine Thermal Structure of the Plio-Pleistocene Warm Water in Central Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo 19(3):179-203 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski/K. Bulinski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45507: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 26.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Nassarius caelatus snail | |
Siphonalia cf. spadicea true whelk | |
Elaeocyma aff. braunsi snail | |
Ancilla cf. albocallosa olive snail | |
Fulgoraria totomiensis volute | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella gordonis pointed nut clam | |
Glycymeris rotunda clam | |
Limopsis crenata clam | |
Nemocardium samarangae cockle | |
Venus foveolata, Dosinia japonica, Paphia cf. exilis, "Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
Venus foveolata Sowerby 1853 venus clam
Dosinia japonica venus clam
Paphia cf. exilis Shuto 1957 venus clam
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam | |
"Crassatellites takanabensis" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites takanabensis" = Crassatella clam | |
Globothalamea | |
Nodosariata | |
Foraminifera | |
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Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 |