Kita-Daito-Jima: Late/Upper Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissus latecarinatus
(Leske 1778)
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Nisiyama 1968 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Terebralia gourmyi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus miles
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Tonna canaliculata
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia exasperata
Reeve 1854
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Codakia tigerina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus (Periglypta) reticulata
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Periglypta reticulata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Fragum) unedo
Linnaeus 1758
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Tridacna squamosa
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| recombined as Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa | |||||||
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Cardium (Trachicardium) sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cardium (Fragum) fragum
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Pecten) irregularis
Sowerby 1842
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| recombined as Laevichlamys irregularis | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Okinawa |
| Coordinates: | 26.0° North, 131.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.9° North, 131.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96696 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Uhen | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-28 05:44:48 | Last modified: | 2010-06-28 08:44:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-28 05:44:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32969. | S. Nomura and N. Zinbo. 1935. Fossil and recent Mollusca from the island of Kita-Daito-Zima. Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 18(1):41-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 61674 | S. Nisiyama. 1968. The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part II. Paalaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 13:1-480 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] |