Northeast of Dasai Shrine, Masuda City: Langhian, Japan
collected by T. Tsuru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia cf. minoensis
Kobayashi 1954
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 131.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.2° North, 129.5° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Geological group: | Masuda | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Planktonic foraminiferal zones N8 or N9 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | T. Tsuru |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179867 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-03 10:07:09 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-03 10:07:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59672. | T. Tsuru. 1987. New occurrence of fossil Aturia from the Miocene Masuda Group, Shimane Prefecture, west Japan. Geological Report of Shimane University 6:95-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |