Hashima Mine: Middle Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Venerida - Corbiculidae
Gastropoda - Thersiteidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.6° North, 129.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 125.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Middle Eocene
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: middle part of Hashima Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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:203230
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Created:2019-08-06 14:40:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-06 14:40:08
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]