Loc. 2, Sendai nuclear power station, Guzimaki area: Aptian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Venerida
- Neomiodontidae
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Eomiodon sp.
Cox 1935
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abundant category | ||||||
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Polypodiopsida
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Bennettitales
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Pterophyllum sp.
Brongniart 1828
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Kagoshima |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 130.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 142.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.4 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandy mudstone |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| 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: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 142515 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-12 19:23:29 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-12 19:23:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46268. | T. Komatsu, M. Watanabe, and N. Ishida. 2009. Lower Creatceous bivalves form Gumizaki area, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 8:11-29 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner] |