Kugushima Island, Hinoshima Fm, loc. K2007 (K1003): Early Santonian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus amakusensis
Nagao and Matsumoto 1940
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 130.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 129.4° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 85.7 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation lithified sandy mudstone |
| Environment: | deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: shallow-marine depositional environment: bay-head delta system, bottomsets (bay) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 115278 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-31 18:43:09 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-08-31 18:43:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37311. | T. Kumagae, H. Maeda, and T. Komatsu. 2011. Paleoecology of Inoceramus amakusensis Nagao et Matsumoto, 1940 (Bivalvia) in a Late Cretaceous shallow clastic sea: The Himenoura Group, Kyushu, Japan. Cretaceous Research 32:738-749 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg] |