Hida-Furukawa (KR-01): Valanginian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Neomiodontidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 137.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.9° North, 142.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Valanginian
Age range of interval: 137.05 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tetori Formation:Taie
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Tetori Group in the region is composed mainly of mudstone, sandstone, and conglomerates, and can be divided into six stratigraphic units named, in ascending order, the Tanemura, Numamachi, Sugizaki/ Tochio, Taie, and Inagoe Formations
Environment:deltaic indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:116161
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:D. Wellmanns
Modifier:D. Wellmanns Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-09-06 01:08:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-09-06 01:08:37
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

37320. M. Matsukawa and M. Fukui. 2009. Hauterivian-Barremian marine molluscan fauna from the Tetori Group in Japan and late Mesozoic marine transgressions in East Asia. Cretaceous Research 30:615-631 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]