Ukibuta, Yazawagi-mura: Serravallian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina tohokuensis n. sp. Nomura and Hatai 1936
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 140.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.1° North, 137.9° 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:Sugota
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: From the middle or possibly lower part of the Sugota beds. Sugota Formation contains diatoms of zones NPD 5A and 5B, indicating Serravallian age.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse unlithified muddy sandstone
Lithology description: Muddy sandstone, rather loose in texture and coarse grained in part.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: "Probably in the range of 30-50 fathoms
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Saito Ho-on Museum
Metadata
Database number:190742
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-16 00:23:35 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-16 00:23:35
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

64049. K. M. Hatai. 1940. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Japan. Science Reports, Tohoku Imperial University, Series 2 20:1-413 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]