Goshoura Island (Loc.2913): Early Cenomanian, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 130.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 138.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5
Key time interval: Early Cenomanian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Goshoura Formation:Enokuchi Member:Gannohana
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very fine lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Lithology.—The Gannohana Member covers the underlying Hokahira Member with a sharp erosional base (Locs. 2903, 1707), and is disconformably overlain by the Karakizaki Formation. The lower part (60– 110 m thick) consists of several kinds of sandstones. It is mainly composed of fine- to medium-grained, trough and hummocky cross-stratified sandstone. Very finegrained sandstone predominates in the western part of Goshoura Island (Locs. 1811, 1822).
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,shellbed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:123162
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:D. Wellmanns
Modifier:D. Wellmanns Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-13 00:13:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-01-13 00:13:08
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]