Gabesoga, loc. 114: Early Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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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
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: | 96676 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-23 04:34:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-23 04:34:02 |
| 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] |