Hida-Furukawa (KR-05) (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (36.3° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 139.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Taie Formation (Tetori Group), Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; mudstone

• Tetori Group in the

•region is composed mainly of mudstone, sandstone, and

•conglomerates, and can be divided into six stratigraphic units

•named, in ascending order, the Tanemura, Numamachi, Sugizaki/

•Tochio, Taie, and Inagoe Formations

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Matsukawa and M. Fukui. 2009. Hauterivian-Barremian marine molluscan fauna from the Tetori Group in Japan and late Mesozoic marine transgressions in East Asia. Cretaceous Research 30:615-631 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116160: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 06.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Ampullaria nipponica" = Natica (Ampullaria)
"Ampullaria nipponica" = Natica (Ampullaria) moon snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae