Where: Japan (34.6° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 137.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Toshima Sand Formation (Toyohashi Group), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• 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 "Mya bed", Takamatsu shell sand facies of the Toshima Sand.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hayasaka
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: S. Hayasaka. REPOSITORY: Possibly Tohoku University.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96970: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Euchelus ornatissima snail | |
"Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi
"Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi Reeve 1859 slipper shell | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) reinana moon snail | |
Siphonalia cassidariaeformis Reeve 1843 true whelk
"Siphonalia signum" = Siphonalia signa Reeve 1846 true whelk
Babylonia japonica Reeve 1842 true whelk | |
"Hemifusus tuba" = Volema (Hemifusus)
"Hemifusus tuba" = Volema (Hemifusus) snail | |
Narona nodulifera snail | |
Strioterebrum (Punctoterebra) lischkeana auger snail | |
Purpura (Mancinella) luteostoma, "Murex (Chicoreus) asianus" = Chicoreus, Coralliophila hataii, Rapana thomasiana
Purpura (Mancinella) luteostoma murex snail
"Murex (Chicoreus) asianus" = Chicoreus murex snail
Coralliophila hataii murex snail
Rapana thomasiana murex snail | |
Tonna allium tun shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Volachlamys awajiensis scallop
Pecten (Pecten) albicans Schröter 1802 scallop | |
Anomia chinensis jingle | |
"Ostrea (Crenostrea) pestigris" = Planostrea pestigris, Ostrea (Ostrea) denselamellosa
"Ostrea (Crenostrea) pestigris" = Planostrea pestigris Hanley 1846 flat oyster | |
"Arca boucardi" = Tetrarca boucardi
"Arca boucardi" = Tetrarca boucardi Jousseaume 1894 clam | |
Striarca (Didimacar) tenebrica, "Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni, Anadara (Scapharca) satowi
"Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni Schrenck 1867 clam
Anadara (Scapharca) satowi Dunker 1882 clam | |
Fulvia mutica Reeve 1844 cockle | |
Arcopagia (Merisca) subtruncata, Macoma (Macoma) tokyoensis, "Psammacoma kazusensis" = Macoma (Psammacoma)
Arcopagia (Merisca) subtruncata tellin clam
Macoma (Macoma) tokyoensis tellin clam
"Psammacoma kazusensis" = Macoma (Psammacoma) tellin clam SUBSPECIES: Psammacola kazusensis atsumiensis
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Protothaca (Protothaca) jedoensis, Dosinia (Dosinella) angulosa, Dosinia (Phacosoma) troscheli, Paphia (Paphia) vernicosa, Venerupis (Amygdala) variegata
Protothaca (Protothaca) jedoensis venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinella) angulosa venus clam
Dosinia (Phacosoma) troscheli venus clam
Paphia (Paphia) vernicosa venus clam | |
"Schizothaerus keenae" = Tresus, Mactra (Macvtra) sulcataria
"Schizothaerus keenae" = Tresus clam | |
Solen gordonis clam | |
"Panope japonica" = Panopea
"Panope japonica" = Panopea clam | |
Cardita leana clam |