Mominoko, Fushina: Serravallian, Japan
collected by S. Uyeno

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

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 133.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 130.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Serravallian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Serravallian
Age range of interval: 13.82 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fujina
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Based on planktonic foraminifera, the upper member of the Fujina (=Huzina) Formation is assigned to N10-11 of Blow's zones (14.6/14.8-12.4 Ma) (Nomura & Maiya, 1984). Age constrained to N11 planktonic foraminifera zone by Yanagisawa (1990). Base of overlying Matsue Formation dated around 11.5-11.9 Ma by Shikano & Nagano (1985).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Soft, fine-grained sandstone
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Lower part of Huzina (=Fujina) formation deposited in outer neritic zone (50-200 m depth) on the basis of benthic foraminifera.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:S. Uyeno
Metadata
Database number:179845
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-07-02 19:15:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-02 19:15:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
59661. M. Yokoyama. 1913. On two new fossil Cephalopoda from the Tertiary of Izumo. Journal of the Geological Society of Tokyo 20:1-3 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]