Kogachi, loc. 109: Early Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Bivalvia - Gastrochaenida - Gastrochaenidae
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Fulvia sp. Gray 1853
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Tonna sp. Brünnich 1772
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 26.6° North, 128.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Ryukyu Formation:Haneji Member:Kogachi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: conglomerate intercalated with granular sandstone, thin acidic tuff and fossiliferous siltstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:96675
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-06-23 04:32:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-06-23 04:32:42
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
32859. H. Noda. 1971. New anadarid and associated molluscan fauna from the Haneji Formation, Okinawa-jima, Ryukyu Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 81:27-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]