PBDB Collection

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia - Venerida - Trapezidae

	Trapezium (Neotrapezium) kobe n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae

	Pitar ozakii n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010

	Cyclina (Cyclinorbis) aff. nodai (Nagao 1928)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

	Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae

	? Noetia sp. Gray 1857
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae

	Sulcobuccinum sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

	Cantharus andoi n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010
Gastropoda - Calyptraeidae

	Crepidula tainohataensis n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010
Gastropoda - Potamididae

	Vicarya sp. d'Archiac and Haime 1854

	Potamides huzitai n. sp.
see common names

Geography

Country:	Japan	State/province:	Hyogo
Coordinates:	34.8° North, 135.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	41.6° North, 130.9° East (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Lutetian - Bartonian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2 - Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:	Lutetian - Bartonian
Age range of interval:	48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Kobe	Formation:	Tainohata
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	coarse lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:	lithified muddy sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: Poorly sorted muddy sandstone to coarse grained sandstone.
Environment:	estuary/bay
Geology comments: The muddy or sandy bottoms of intertidal to uppermost sublittorial zone in embayments, brackish embayments or estuaries.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Specimens housed at Akashi City Cultural Museum and Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo.

Metadata

Database number:	102040
Authorizer:	J. Sessa	Enterer:	L. Eccles
Modifier:	L. Eccles
Created:	2011-01-07 02:22:34	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-01-07 02:22:34
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

34662.

T. Matsubara, H. Kurita, and H. Matsuo. 2010. Eocene Mollusca from the Tainohata Formation in Kobe City, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 14(2):119-144 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/M. Uhen]