Goshoura Island (Loc.2405): Cenomanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigonioididae
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 130.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° 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: Cenomanian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Goshoura Formation:Karakizaki
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification" lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:red lithified mudstone
Environment:fluvial indet.
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:123173
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:D. Wellmanns
Modifier:D. Wellmanns Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-13 01:57:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-01-13 01:57:08
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]