Loc. 4, Sannai River [Tentokuji Fm]: Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia (Cnesterium) cf. notabilis
(Yokoyama 1922)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Acila (Truncacila) nakazimai
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52 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 140.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 139.6° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pliocene | Nannofossil zone: | NN16 |
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tentokuji | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Akita Fm, which overlie the Funakawa Fm, and is overlain by the Sasaoka Fm. AGE: Middle Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal and calcareous nanofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the "upper" member of the formation, near the top of the section. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | medium poorly lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siltstone dominated alternation of siltstone and medium-grained sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Both cold- and warm-water species found. Shallow warm-water currents over the cold-water mass is suggested. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Not stated in text, but presumably including K. Amano et al. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. Possibly Joetsu University or Akita University. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive of mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 97080 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-07-17 16:02:18 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-17 16:02:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
33142. | K. Amano, M. Suzuki, and T. Sato. 2000. Warm-water influx into Japan Sea in the middle Pliocene - Molluscan faunas from the Tentokuji FOrmation around Mt. Taihei in Akita Prefecture. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 106(4):299-306 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |