Middle stream of the Horomui--gawa, upper part Ashi Fm: Early Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Sareptidae
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 141.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.5° North, 138.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Asahi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:173023
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-08 04:58:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-08 04:58:39
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

56250. S. Uozumi. 1966. Neogene Molluscan Fauna in Hokkaido : Part I. Description of the Asahi Fauna Associated with Mytilus tichanovitchi MAKIYAMA, from Ikushunbetsu District, Central Hokkaido. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy 13(2):119-137 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]