Oura: Paleogene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Thersiteidae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
sp. b
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Chikugo County:Omuta
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 130.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 126.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1-4
Key time interval: Paleogene
Age range of interval: 66 - 23.04 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Toka
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:203132
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-08-01 11:20:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-01 11:20:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

61622. T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]