Kuroiwa: Serravallian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Provannidae
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| Amano and Little 2014 | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Venerida
- Vesicomyidae
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Niigata |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 138.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 135.9° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ogaya | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost middle Miocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: Fossil hydrocarbon seep deposits | |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Kita-Kuroiwa Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 205156 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-07 19:05:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-07 19:05:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70393. | K. Amano and S. Kiel. 2011. Fossil Adulomya (Vesicomyidae, Bivalvia) from Japan. The Veliger 51(2):76-90 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 70446 | K. Amano and C. T. S. Little. 2014. Miocene abyssochrysoid gastropod Provanna from Japanese seep and whale-fall sites. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(1):163-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |