Hukuoka, Ninohe-gun (lower zone): Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hemithirididae
Hemithyris psittacea (Gmelin 1790)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Coptothyris grayi (Davidson 1852)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 40.3° North, 141.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° North, 138.5° 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:Suenomatsuyama
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Nagamine sands
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Brachiopod-bearing coarse sands, scoriaceous breccia
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:190761
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-12-17 00:06:11 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-17 00:06:11
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]