Futatsujima mineral baths: Early Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Potamididae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Ibaraki County:Kitaibaraki
Coordinates: 36.8° North, 140.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° North, 137.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kunugidaira Member:upper
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal 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:205059
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-10-03 17:04:13 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-03 17:04:13
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

70372. Y. Kamada. 1960. On the associated occurrence of Vicarya and Vicaryella in the Japanese Tertiary, with the first description of a Paleogene species of Vicarya from Japan. Science Reports, Tohoku University 4:281-295 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]