TNK-38: Spathian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
? Pantanellium sp. Pessagno 1977
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Protopsium sp. Pessagno and Poisson 1981
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Tochigi
Coordinates: 36.4° North, 139.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.4° North, 136.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
Stage: Olenekian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Spathian
Age range of interval: 248.6 - 247 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kuzu Complex
Local section:Karasawa Local bed:E
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified chert
Environment:basinal (siliceous)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original silica
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:220578
Authorizer:W. Foster Enterer:W. Foster
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2021-06-09 13:46:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-06-09 13:46:22
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

77094. Y. Kamata. 1999. Lower Triassic (Spathian) radiolarians from the Kuzu area (Tochigi Prefecture, central Japan). Geodiversitas 21(4):657-673 [W. Foster/W. Foster]