Oyabu Valley, Shinkai: Oxfordian - Tithonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Oita
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 131.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.9° North, 141.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian - Tithonian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 6
Key time interval: Oxfordian - Tithonian
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 143.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shinkai
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: limestone lens of the Torinosu type
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85625
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-13 03:53:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
28952. N. Yamagiwa, M. Tamura, and H. Tanaka. 1988. Some hexacorals from the Shinkai Formation, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, C 14(2):71-78 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]