Ena, Matsuzaki-cho, Sakurada Fm (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (34.8° N, 138.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 136.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Sakurada Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: foreshore; yellow limestone
• yellowish white Ena Limestone that is intercalated within the pale greenish gray tuffaceous fine-grained sandstone of the Sakurada Formation
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Tomida, K. Inoue, M. Kadota, H. Sano, and E. Hosoda. 2017. Tectus sp. aff. pyramis (Born, 1778) (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from the Middle Miocene Yugashima Group of the Izu Peninsula, Central Japan. Malacological Society of Japan 75:88-92 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191446: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.01.2018
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Taxonomic list
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| Foraminifera | |
"Nephrolepidina japonica" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina japonica" = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Tectus aff. pyramis Born 1778 top snail | |