Cape Shiriya: Oxfordian - Tithonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Aomori
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 141.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.2° North, 150.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Geological group:Shimokita Formation:Tatemachi-jima
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: limestone lenses
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:85627
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-13 06:23:04 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:
28954. M. Murata. 1962. The Upper Jurassic of Cape Shiriya, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Serie 2, Special Volume 5:119-126 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]