USGS 17631, Highway 24 (FSM 26) (Pleistocene to of Japan)

Where: Okinawa, Japan (26.3° N, 127.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.4° N, 127.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Naha Formation (Ryukyu Group), Calabrian to Calabrian (1.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Naha Formation ranges from the middle Calabrian (c. 1.3 Ma) to the Middle Pleistocene (c. 0.4 Ma), according to Yamamoto et al. (2006).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified marl

• Probably is a reef limestone, but only coral rich in a few places. It is presumed that the Naha Limestone is a detrital lagoon deposit or a reef detritus deposited on an insular shelf. The lower part is more widespread that the upper part, probably reflecting erosion during deposition of the Yontan Limestone. The highest beds are less conglomeratic and generally contain abundant algal nodules.
• Indurated marly facies

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by F. Stearns MacNeil; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Tertiary and Pleistocene Brachiopods of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 314(A):1-20 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190251: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Frenulinidae
Pictothyris picta
Pictothyris picta Dillwyn 1817