Utoö Mine, north slope of Mt. Buko: Ladinian - Carnian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Gruenewaldia woehrmanni (Bittner 1895)
Costatoria sp. (Waagen 1907)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
? Unionites sp. Wissman 1841
Unionites cf. muensteri Wissmann 1841
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya cf. elongata (Schlotheim 1822)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoricardium aff. lineatum von Wöhrmann 1889
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia cf. bouei (Hauer 1857)
Gervillia (Cultriopsis) angulata Münster 1841
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Plicatula (Pseudoplacunopsis) fissistriata (Winckler 1861)
recombined as Placunopsis fissistriata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium subdemissum Muenster 1841
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinus sp. Miller 1821
nomen vanum belonging to Pentacrinites
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Saitama County:Chichibu
Coordinates: 36.0° North, 139.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 122.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic
Key time interval:Ladinian - Carnian
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Buko Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "basal part" of the formation (Tamura et al. 1978)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Chichibu Cement Co. Mine
Database number:201826
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Created:2019-05-31 05:48:27 Last modified:2019-05-31 05:48:27
Access level:the public Released:2019-05-31 05:48:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

69070. M. Tamura, S. Kawada, A. Takeda, H. Oguri, T. Saito, K. Tsuchida, and M. Inoue. 1978. A Find of Triassic Molluscs from the Buko Limestone Formation, Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture . Proceedings of the Japan Academy (Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences) 54(2):41-44 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]