2 km downsteam from the Kami-Ashibetsu dam on the floor of the River Ashibetsu: Coniacian, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 142.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 139.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Coniacian
Age range of interval: 89.8 - 85.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Upper Yezo
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: calcareous nodule.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:233827
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2024-03-02 18:28:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2024-03-02 18:28:01
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

87695. T. Matsumoto. 1979. Notes on Lewesiceras and Nowakites (pachydiscid ammonites) from the Cretaceous of Hokkaido: studies of the Cretaceous ammonites from Hokkaido and Saghalien - XXXVI. Transactions and proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan. New series 113:30-44 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]