Kita-Daito-Jima: Late Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Nisiyama 1968
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Chamidae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus 1758)
Codakia exasperata (Reeve 1850)
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus miles Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Potamididae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okinawa
Coordinates: 26.0° North, 131.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pliocene
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:perireef or subreef
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:96696
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Uhen
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-06-28 05:44:48 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-06-28 05:44:48
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
32969. S. Nomura and N. Zinbo. 1935. Fossil and recent Mollusca from the island of Kita-Daito-Zima. Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 18(1):41-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

61674 S. Nisiyama. 1968. The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part II. Paalaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 13:1-480 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]