Aw16, Yamamoto: Early Maastrichtian, Japan
collected by Maeda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 134.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° North, 125.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Early Maastrichtian Ammonoid zone:  Pachydiscus subcompressus
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shimonada
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Float nodule, probably derived from part of the Shimonada Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine lithified sandy,calcareous siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Maeda
Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Geology, Kyushu University
Metadata
Database number:176814
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-03-03 01:31:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-03-03 01:31:37
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

58337. Y. Morozumi. 1985. Late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) ammonites from Awaji Island, southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 39:1-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]