Tanegashima Island, south Kyushu - drift [Nautiloidea]: Holocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 129.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Drift material. AGE: Holocene-Recent. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology (drift of pelagic organism). LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of taphonomy. | |
| Environment: | foreshore |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Foreshore. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to nautiloids. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with fairly modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 82009 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-20 21:32:39 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-20 21:32:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27657. | R. Toriyama, T. Sato, T. Hamada and P. Komalarjun. 1965. Nautilus pompilius drifts on the west coast of Thailand. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of Southeast Asia 20:149-161 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |