Miike, Chikugo, Eocene: Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Thersiteidae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 130.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.6° North, 126.4° 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: Eocene
Age range of interval: 56 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:203232
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-08-06 15:38:04 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-06 15:38:04
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]