Nagasaki 2 [Okinoshima Formation]: Late Eocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Naticidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 129.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 126.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Late Eocene
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Okinoshima
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Futagojima Fm. AGE: Listed as upper Eocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes Naticidae. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with taxa assigned to species resolution.
Metadata
Database number:78433
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-06 19:57:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-06 19:57:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
26376. R. Majima. 1989. Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan. Bulletins of American Paleontology 96(331):1-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]