Takamatsu (Dosinia bed, Takamatsu silt facies) [Toshima Sand]: Pleistocene, Japan
collected by Hayasaka

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
R category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
R category
R category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
R category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842
R category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
R category
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
A category
R category
Bivalvia - Venerida - Anatinellidae
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
R category
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.6° North, 137.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 137.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Toyohashi Formation:Toshima Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Toshima Sand of the Toyohasi Gp, which overlies the Akasawa SIlt, and is overlain by the Tonami Gravel of the Tahara Gp. AGE: Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the Dosinia bed, Takamatsu silt facies of the Toshima Sand.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Hayasaka
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: S. Hayasaka. REPOSITORY: Possibly Tohoku University.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:96967
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-15 17:03:30 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-15 17:03:30
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
33104. S. Hayasaka. 1962. Summary of the geology and paleontology of the Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 195-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]