Wasabi Valley, Locality 3, Japan: Carnian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Procyclolitidae
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Procyclolitidae indet.
Vaughan and Wells 1943
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° North, 136.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.3° North, 138.5° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 227.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Fossils from formation "B", late-triassian age stated in text | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: B formation consists of greenstone, chert and limestone. Fossils from "subangular limestone blocks" of pebble to boulder size contained in greenstone. | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 167 | ||
| Database number: | 38187 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | B. Brenneis |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-18 03:29:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-18 03:29:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10238. | H. Okuda and N. Yamagiwa. 1978. Triassic corals from Mt. Daifugen, Nara Prefecture, Southwest Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, new series (110)297-305 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis] |