Loc. X 1117 - Ikushunbetsu: Coniacian, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan County:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 43.7° North, 142.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.7° North, 139.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Coniacian
Age range of interval: 89.8 - 85.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, possibly the Saku Formation, which overlies pre-Cenomaniann Cretaceous deposits. AGE: Coniacian, based on ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From top of local regional section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tuffaceous lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: GENERAL LITHOLOGY: Siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Inshore to nearshore and nearshore to offshore or deeper waters.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Tanabe et al. (1977). REPOSITORY: Dept. of Geology, Kyushu University, Japan.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to representative scaphitid ammonites. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:86991
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-26 22:28:45 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-26 22:28:45
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

29266. K. Tanabe. 1977. Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 21:11-22 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]