Tanegashima Island, south Kyushu - drift [Nautiloidea]: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
see common names

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]