USGS 17486, Unten Ko (DF 112): Calabrian, Japan
collected by Delos E. Flint

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Frenulinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okinawa
Coordinates: 26.7° North, 128.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Calabrian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Calabrian
Age range of interval: 1.8 - 0.774 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nakoshi
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Nakoshi Formation is Calabrian (c. 1.65-1.45 Ma) according to calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy (Yamamoto et al., 2003, 2006).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:Delos E. Flint
Metadata
Database number:190215
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-03 14:05:57 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-03 14:05:57
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

39467. G. A. Cooper. 1957. Tertiary and Pleistocene Brachiopods of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 314(A):1-20 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]