Sn0001 - Sanchu area [Shiroi Fm]: Berriasian - Valanginian, Japan
collected by Matsukawa & Kase

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Gastropoda - Cassiopidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 36.1° North, 138.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 144.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Berriasian - Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Berriasian - Valanginian
Age range of interval: 143.1 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shiroi
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Shiroi Fm. AGE: Lower Neocomian; justification for age not reported in text; assigned to Valanginian-Berriasian by enterer. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the middle part of the Shiroi Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Black shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Matsukawa & Kase
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: M. Matsukawa 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:91335
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-09-15 09:13:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-15 09:13:24
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]