West end of Kakebuchi, Yuya-cho, Yamaguchi Prefecture: Langhian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia sp.
Bronn 1838
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.4° North, 131.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 128.7° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Laboratory, Faculty of School Education, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima (GSEH) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179870 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-03 10:38:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-03 10:38:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59674. | K. Okamoto. 1977. A fossil Aturia discovered from the Yuya-wan Group in Yamaguchi Prefecture and remarks on the Middle to Upper Miocene Aturia of Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 83:359-362 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |