Sanushibe, under bridge of Sanushi, Inasato: Santonian, Japan
collected by H. Kokubu

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 142.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.1° North, 137.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Santonian
Age range of interval: 85.7 - 83.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Yezo
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Float nodule, but lithology suggests derivation from Santonian part of Upper Cretaceous.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous mudstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:H. Kokubu
Collection method comments: Repository: Muramoto Collection, Mikasa
Metadata
Database number:166242
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-02-06 21:18:35 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-02-06 21:18:35
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

54317. T. Matsumoto and K. Muramoto. 1983. Cretaceous nautiloids from Hokkaido - II. Part 2. Three nautiloid species from the Santonian and Campanian of Hokkaido. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 130:85-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]