Oj0406 - Miyako area [Hiraiga Fm]: Late Aptian, Japan
collected by Oji & Kase
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Procerithiidae
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? Cimolithium miyakoense
(Nagao 1934)
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Conotomaria oshimensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Ataphridae
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Symmetrocapulidae
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Symmetrocapulus hanaii n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella miyakoensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Acmaeidae
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Scurriopsis aptiana n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Megatrigoniidae
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Pterotrigonia sp.
van Hoepen 1929
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Nipponitrigonia kikuchiana
(Yokoyama 1891)
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 141.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.1° North, 151.2° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hiraiga | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Hiraiga Fm. AGE: Late Aptian; justification for age not reported in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the basal part of the Hiraiga Fm; 40 cm thick; superposed on sandstone of the Tanohata Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,nodular,shelly/skeletal lithified sandy,calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Nodular, highly calcareous and compact fine-grained sandstone, contains skeletal debris. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Oji & Kase |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T. Oji and T. Kase. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods; other taxa (namely bivalves and foraminifera) often present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91310 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-09-14 13:08:14 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-09-14 13:08:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30704. | T. Kase. 1984. Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan 1-262 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |