Riverbed of a branch of the Tanaka river, Kitahata- Shimohirano, Kishima Fm: Rupelian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cavoliniidae
23 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Limacinidae
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817
8 specimens
Limacina conica (Koenen 1892)
28 specimens
4 specimens
Limacina hospes Rolle 1861
75 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 33.4° North, 129.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.7° North, 126.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Rupelian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Rupelian
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kishima
Stratigraphy comments: Early Rupelian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: sandy mudstone, mudstone and sandstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:171383
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-07-09 09:10:52 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-09 09:10:52
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

55759. Y. Ando. 2011. Oligocene pteropods (Gastropoda: Thecosomata) from the Kishima Formation, Saga Prefecture, southwest Japan. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 28(2):245-253 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]