Goshoura Island (Loc.2405): Cenomanian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigonioididae
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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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] |