Horizon M1, Iwaizaki, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture: Capitanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 141.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.8° North, 135.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Capitanian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Capitanian
Age range of interval: 264.28 - 259.857 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Iwaizaki
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 8-1. Lepidolina multiseptata (Morikawa et al., 1958; Morikawa, 1960) indicates that the middle-upper parts of the limestone (Units 6, 7, and lower part of Unit 8) belong to the Capitanian (upper Guadalupian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified mudstone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science
Metadata
Database number:163388
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-10-25 10:43:48 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-10-25 10:43:48
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
53235. Y. Isozaki and T. Kase. 2014. The occurrence of the large gastropod “Pleurotomaria” yokoyamai Hayasaka from the Capitanian (Permian) Iwaizaki Limestone in northeast Japan. Paleontological Research 18:250-257 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]