Loc. 2, Uého Primary School, Tane-ga-shima [Tajima Fm]: Early Pliocene, Japan
collected by Hayasaka

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
VA category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Frenulinidae
R category
C category
Pictothyris picta (Dillwyn 1817)
C category
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Coptothyris excelsa (Yokoyama 1923)
C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fulvia sp. Gray 1853
R category
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
R category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites sp. Krueger 1823
R category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
C category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
C category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Amussiopecten praesignis (Yokoyama 1922)
C category
A category
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella sp. Scopoli 1777
C category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
VA category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
R category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
R category
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
C category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
R category
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Batillaria sp. Benson 1842
R category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
C category
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 30.7° North, 131.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Formation:Tajima
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tajima Fm, which locally unconformably overlies the Kumagé Gp (Paleogene) and is regionally overlain by the Hasé Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 1 m thickness at this section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,coarse,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fragile, medium to coarse-grained sandstone bearing abundant fossils. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
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: An authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:97033
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-17 12:01:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-17 12:01:01
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
33137. S. Hayasaka. 1973. Pliocene marine fauna from Tane-ga-shima, South Kyushu, Japan. Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd series (Geology), Special Volume 6:97-108 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]