Goshoura Island (Loc. 1105): Albian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lycettia sp. Cox 1937
unclassified
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 130.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.0° North, 141.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 4
Key time interval: Albian
Age range of interval: 113.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Goshoura Formation:Enokuchi Member:Hokahira
Local section:Arakuchizaki ~ Enokuchi Local bed:221.7 m
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification" lithified sandstone
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:122293
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:D. Wellmanns
Modifier:G. Palazzo Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-21 00:27:04 Last modified:2026-09-22 16:25:42
Access level:authorizer only Released:2016-12-21 00:27:04
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
38682. T. Komatsu and H. Maeda. 2005. Stratigraphy and fossil bivalve assemblages of the mid-Cretaceous Goshoura Group, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 9(2):119-142 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]