Th Loc 5: Lutetian - Bartonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
? Saxidomus sp. Conrad 1837
Cyclina (? Cyclina) sp. (Makiyama 1926)
Bivalvia - Venerida - Trapezidae
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
? Ferganea sp. Vyalov 1936
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860
Gastropoda - Calyptraeidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
Sulcobuccinum sp. d'Orbigny 1850
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:102041
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles
Created:2011-01-07 02:24:49 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-07 02:24:49
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]