Locality KB, Todai area: Late Aptian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Nagano
Coordinates: 35.8° North, 138.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 149.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval: Late Aptian Ammonoid zone:  Aconeceras (A.) sp.
Age range of interval: 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Todai
Local section:Locality KB Local bed:4.7 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Hase Fossil Museum in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture (TKB)
Metadata
Database number:220841
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:G. Palazzo Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-06-17 22:41:11 Last modified:2026-09-09 18:19:25
Access level:the public Released:2021-06-17 22:41:11
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

77187. M. Matsukawa. 2021. Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) ammonite fauna of the Todai Formation, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Cretaceous Research 126(104771) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]