Tokai, Chita Peninsula: Burdigalian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea - Brisingidae
see common names

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]