HK-140, Mino Terrane, also UC Section UC17: Early Aalenian - Middle Aalenian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Actinommidae
Actinomma aff. siciliensis Kito and De Wever 1994
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Carter et al. 2010
Triactoma blakei (Pessagno 1977)
listed as Cenosphaera
listed as Cenosphaera
listed as Cenosphaera
listed as Cenosphaera
Tripocyclia spp. Haeckel 1881
Hori 1990
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
    = ? Trilonche sp. Hinde 1899
Kiessling 2009
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Hexalonchidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Anisicyrtiidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Tricolocapsa aff. ruesti Tan Sin Hok 1927
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Xitidae
? Xitidae indet. Pessagno 1977
listed as Parvicingula sp. G
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
listed as Parvicingula
Polycystinea - Nassellaria
s. str.
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
listed as Parvicingula
listed as Parvicingula
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
listed as Parvicingula sp. F
Gorican et al. 2006
? Dictyomitrella aff. kamoensis Mizutani and Kido 1983
listed as Parvicingula
Triversus spinifer Takemura 1986
listed as Parvicingula
listed as Parvicingula
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Unumidae
Unuma echinatus Ichikawa and Yao 1976
Unuma aff. echinatus Ichikawa and Yao 1976
Unuma aff. typicus Ichikawa and Yao 1976
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Hsuidae
[entered as Transhsuum hisuikoense]
Hori 1990
Hori 1990
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae
Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
Gorican et al. 2006
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae
Gorican et al. 2006
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Gorican et al. 2006
Gorican et al. 2006
Paronaella kotura Baumgartner 1980
Paronaella bandyi Pessagno 1977
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs simplex Kito and De Wever 1992
Polycystinea - Spumellaria
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Trillus elkhornensis Pessagno and Blome 1980
Carter et al. 2010
Gorican et al. 2006
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Astrosphaeridae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Archaeohagiastrum longipes Baumgartner 1995
Carter et al. 2010
Tetraditryma cf. praeplena Baumgartner 1984
Tetraditryma praeplena Baumgartner 1984
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Gomberellidae
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Homoeoparonaella elegans (Pessagno 1977)
Polycystinea - Spumellaria
Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia premyogii Baumgartner 1984
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.6° North, 137.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.3° North, 159.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Aalenian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 4
Key time interval: Early Aalenian - Middle Aalenian
Age range of interval: 174.7 - 170.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "carbonate"
Secondary lithology: lithified chert
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Manganese carbonate micro-nodules in bedded chert
Environment:basinal (siliceous) Tectonic setting:deep ocean basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original silica
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,hydrochloric,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:51711
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, J. Pálfy Enterer:W. Kiessling, A. Kocsis
Modifier:A. Kocsis Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2005-06-14 07:43:11 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-14 07:43:11
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

13776. A. Yao. 1997. Faunal change of Early - Middle Jurassic radiolarians. News of Osaka Micropaleontologists, Special Volume 10:155-182 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

38346 E. S. Carter, S. Goričan, J. Guex, L. O'Dogherty, P. De Wever, P. Dumitrica, R. S. Hori, A. Matsuoka, and P. A. Whalen. 2010. Global radiolarian zonation for the Pliensbachian, Toarcian and Aalenian. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297:401-419 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis/M. Uhen]
40282 S. Gorican, E. S. Carter, P. Dumitrica, P. A. Whalen, R. S. Hori, P. De Wever, L. O'Dogherty, A. Matsuoka, and J. Guex. 2006. Catalogue and systematics of Pliensbachian, Toarcian and Aalenian radiolarian genera and species 446 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]
38461 R. Hori. 1990. Lower Jurassic Radiolarian Zones of SW Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 159:562-586 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]
32214 Y. Isozaki and T. Matsuda. 1985. Early Jurassic radiolarians from bedded chert in Kamiaso, Mino Belt, central Japan. Earth Science 39(6):429-442 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
30388 W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]