Hiragishi Formation, Ishikari Group: Bartonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Corbiculidae
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
unclassified
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
unclassified
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 142.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.4° North, 135.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Bartonian
Age range of interval: 41.03 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ishikari Formation:Hiragishi
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Hiragishi Fm, which overlies the Ikushunbetsu and underlies the Ashibetsu Fm, all of the Ishikari Gp (Middle Eocene). THICKNESS: From unit which reaches a thickness of 120-700 m. AGE: late Middle Eocene according to Takano and Waseda (2003). Referred only to Eocene in Mizuno (1964). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for formation from local area.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone and siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Assume to be lithified on the basis of age and photgraphic plates of Takano and Osamu (2003).
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Marine and brackish faunal assemblage.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T. Mizuno (c. 1960's). REPOSITORY: Unknown, not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated, but with species-level identifications.
Metadata
Database number:70905
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-11 08:40:15 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-04-11 08:40:15
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

23771. A. Mizuno. 1964. Summary of the Paleogene molluscan faunas in North Japan. Geological Survey of Japan Report 207 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]