FH-4, Mount Sora-yama, Fukuji area, Fukuji Formation, Gifu: Lochkovian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Auloporidae
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| 6 individuals | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Orthoceratoidea
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| Niko 1998 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 137.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early Devonian |
| Stage: | Lochkovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Lochkovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 419.62 - 413.02 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 61144 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | U. Merkel, P. Novack-Gottshall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-30 05:34:40 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-30 05:34:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17574. | S. Niko. 2001. Devonian Auloporid Tabulate Corals from the Fukuji Formation, Gifu Prefecture. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series C 27(3, 4):73-88 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 83371 | S. Niko. 1998. Kobayashiceras gifuense, a new actinocerid cephalopod from the Lower Devonian of Japan. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):36-38 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] |