Locality 8 - Toka Fm, Miike: Middle Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 130.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 126.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Middle Eocene
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Miike
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Toka Fm, which conformably overlies the Komenoyama Fm (Middle Eocene), and is conformably overlain by the Nanaura Fm (Middle Eocene). THICKNESS: From unit that attains a thickness of ~50 m. AGE: Middle Eocene, based on molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Silty sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumed lithified on the basis of age.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Nagao (c. 1928). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Farly modern nomenclature, and species-level assignments.
Metadata
Database number:71020
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-14 19:10:16 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-04-14 19:10:16
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

23772. A. Mizuno. 1964. Paleogene and Early Neogene molluscan faunae in West Japan. Geological Survey of Japan Report 204 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]