Hiraiso Fm. in the Hiraiso Coast, Facies Ha: Spathian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea - Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
Holocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
common category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
very common category
(13 measurements)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
common category
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
common category
(3 measurements)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
questionable; U. aff. canalensis var. fassaenis (1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
common category
(4 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Miyagi
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 141.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.9° North, 138.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Formation:Hiraiso
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Bando (1970) originally assigned the Hiraiso Fm. to the Griesbachian, later it was assigned to the Smithian by Nakazawa et al. (1994). Reidentification of Bando's ammonite as Neocolumbites and discovery of Tirolites in the lower part of the formation suggests a Spathian age for the Hiraiso Formation (Shigeta & Nakajima, 2017). Listed fossils belong to the Facies Ha, one of nine identified facies in the Hiraiso Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:hummocky CS lithified sandstone
Lithology description: Thick hummocky-laminated sandstones with basal shelly deposits (amalgamated HCS).
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Upper inner shelf.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:50116
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-09 00:01:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-09 00:01:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

13473. Y. Kashiyama and T. Oji. 2004. Low-diversity shallow marine benthic fauna from the Smithian of northeast Japan: paleocologic and paleobiogeographic imlications. Paleontological Research 8(3):199-218 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]