Tokai, Chita Peninsula: Burdigalian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Asteroidea
- Brisingidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | County: | Aichi |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 136.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 134.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Morozaki |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | basinal (siliceous) |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 109709 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-23 18:11:14 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-23 18:11:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36259. | Y. Masatoshi. 1987. Asteroids from the Miocene of Tokai. Publication of the Tokai Fossil Society 31:1-23 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |