Senjojiki of Togane, near Hamada, Iwami Province, Shimane Prefecture: Langhian, Japan
collected by S. Imamura

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 132.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 129.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Langhian
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Togane
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Togane formation is contemporaneous with the Lower Kadonosawa Series. Early middle Miocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:S. Imamura
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Institute, Hiroshima University
Metadata
Database number:179853
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-07-02 21:29:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-02 21:29:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

59667. T. Kobayashi and K. Masatani. 1955. On the occurrences of Aturia in provinces of Etchu and Iwami and their bearing on the palaeoflumenology in the Miocene of Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 17:1-4 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]