Where: Fukushima, Japan (42.8° N, 143.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 142.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: N21 foram zone, Futatsu-numa Sand Member (Tomioka Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Futatsu-numa Sand (informal) member of the Tomioka Formation, Taga Group. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From basal sand (30 m) of 100 m thick Tomioka Formation THICKNESS: 30 m thick. AGE: Molluscan biostratigraphy suggests a Pliocene age. Micropaleontological data indicates the Futatsu-numa Sand is included in the Globoratalia tosaensis Zone (N21) of the planktonic foraminiferal zonation and is contained in the Denticulopsis seminae var. fossils-Denticulopsis kamtschatica diatom Zone, and its age is estimated to fall between 2.5 and 3.5 Ma.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: Presumably the authors, S. O'Hara and N. Nemoto, supplemented by collections from Y. Makino (Ibaraki University). REPOSITORY: CU (Geological Institute, Chiba University)
Primary reference: S. O'Hara and N. Nemoto. 1988. Pectinids from the Taga Group of the Joban Coalfield. Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication 1:481-496 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62295: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium yokoyamai tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Acmaea pallida, "Collisella cassis" = Lottia
Acmaea pallida limpet
"Collisella cassis" = Lottia limpet | |
Philippia radiata snail | |
Turbonilla edoensis, Turbonilla torquata, Odostomia aequisculpta, "Odostomia gouldii" = Aartsenia gouldi, Miralda nishiana
Turbonilla edoensis snail
Turbonilla torquata Gould 1853 snail
Odostomia aequisculpta snail
"Odostomia gouldii" = Aartsenia gouldi Carpenter 1865 snail
Miralda nishiana snail | |
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"Omphalius rusticus" = Chlorostoma (Omphalius), Umbonium giganteum
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Pomaulax japonicus snail
Homalopoma aumussitatum snail | |
Diodora quadriradiata Reeve 1850 snail
Puncturella fastigiata puncturella
Puncturella nobilis puncturella | |
Turritella fortilirata turret shell | |
Batillaria mutliformis snail | |
Amaea thielei wentletrap
Acirsa ochotensis wentletrap | |
"Antiplanes sadoensis" = Antiplanes, "Rectiplanes motojimai" = Antiplanes, "Rectiplanes sanctiioannis" = Antiplanes, Inquisitor cosibensis
"Antiplanes sadoensis" = Antiplanes snail
"Rectiplanes motojimai" = Antiplanes snail
"Rectiplanes sanctiioannis" = Antiplanes snail
Inquisitor cosibensis snail | |
Ariadnaria insignis snail | |
"Neverita didyma" = Glossaulax didyma, "Tectonatica janthostoma" = Cryptonatica janthostoma, "Tectonatica janthostomoides" = Cryptonatica andoi
"Neverita didyma" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
"Tectonatica janthostoma" = Cryptonatica janthostoma Deshayes 1839 moon snail
"Tectonatica janthostomoides" = Cryptonatica andoi Nomura 1935 moon snail | |
Littorina mandchnrica periwinkle | |
Thais clavigera murex snail
Boreotrophon candelabrum murex snail
Nucella lamellosa Gmelin 1791 murex snail
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
"Musashia prevostiana" = Fulgoraria (Musashia), "Musashia cf. tokunagai" = Fulgoraria (Musashia)
"Musashia cf. tokunagai" = Fulgoraria (Musashia) volute | |
Olivella japonica olive snail | |
Ocinebrellus aduncus snail | |
Mitrella tenuis snail | |
Japelion pericochlion, Volutharpa ampullacea, Mohnia yanamii, Neptunea arthritica, Neptunea constricta, Neptunea fukuae, Neptunea intersculpta, Neptunea otukai, "Aulacofusus periscelidus" = Colus (Aulacofusus)
Japelion pericochlion true whelk
Volutharpa ampullacea true whelk
Mohnia yanamii true whelk
Neptunea arthritica true whelk
Neptunea constricta true whelk
Neptunea fukuae true whelk
Neptunea intersculpta true whelk
Neptunea otukai true whelk
"Aulacofusus periscelidus" = Colus (Aulacofusus) true whelk | |
Sydaphera spengleriana snail | |
Ophiodermella ogurana turrid
Ophiodermella pseudopannus turrid | |
"Adusta onyx" = Erronea (Adusta) onyx
"Adusta onyx" = Erronea (Adusta) onyx Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Lachryma callosa" = Hespererato scabriuscula
"Lachryma callosa" = Hespererato scabriuscula Gray 1832 snail | |
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Fusitriton oregonensis Redfield 1846 triton shell | |
Serpulorbis imbricatus Dunker 1860 worm shell | |
Triphora conspersa snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana yokoyamai pointed nut clam | |
"Acila mirabilis" = Acila (Acila) mirabilis
"Acila mirabilis" = Acila (Acila) mirabilis Adams and Reeve 1850 divaricate nutclam Subspecies: A. mirabilis vigilia
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"Solemya tokunagai" = Acharax johnsoni
"Solemya tokunagai" = Acharax johnsoni Dall 1891 Awning Clam | |
Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Lucinoma acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Lucinoma acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
Nemocardium samarangae, "Clinocardium californiense" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium) californiense
Nemocardium samarangae cockle
"Clinocardium californiense" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium) californiense Deshayes 1839 cockle | |
"Cadella lubrica" = Tellina (Cadella), "Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Cadella lubrica" = Tellina (Cadella) tellin clam
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
"Spisula voyi" = Mactromeris polynyma
"Spisula voyi" = Mactromeris polynyma Stimpson 1860 clam | |
Callista adamsi venus clam
Tapes philippinarum venus clam | |
Chama reflexa Reeve 1846 jewel box | |
Corbicula japonica clam | |
Barnea manilensis clam | |
"Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula)
"Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) clam | |
Venericardia ferruginea, "Venericardia prolongata" = Miodontiscus prolongatus
Venericardia ferruginea Clessin 1888 clam
"Venericardia prolongata" = Miodontiscus prolongatus Carpenter 1864 clam Subspecies: V. prolongata nakamurai
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"Arca boucardi" = Tetrarca boucardi
"Arca boucardi" = Tetrarca boucardi Jousseaume 1894 clam | |
Anadara amicula ark | |
Crassostrea gigas Thunberg 1793 giant Pacific oyster | |
Acesta smithi file clam
Limatula vladivostokensis file clam | |
Anomia chinensis jingle | |
Yabepecten tokunagai, Fortipecten kenyoshiensis, Cryptopecten vesiculosus, "Chlamys cosibensis" = Chlamys (Chlamys) cosibensis, Chlamys satoi, "Swiftopecten swiftii" = Chlamys (Swiftopecten) swifti, "Chlamys iwakiana" = Chlamys (Leochlamys) iwakiana, Patinopecten ibaragiensis, Patinopecten planicostulatus, Patinopecten poculum, Patinopecten tokyoensis, Gloripallium crassivenium
Yabepecten tokunagai scallop
Fortipecten kenyoshiensis scallop
Cryptopecten vesiculosus Dunker 1877 scallop
"Chlamys cosibensis" = Chlamys (Chlamys) cosibensis Yokoyama 1911 scallop
Chlamys satoi Yokoyama 1928 scallop
"Swiftopecten swiftii" = Chlamys (Swiftopecten) swifti Bernardi 1858 scallop
"Chlamys iwakiana" = Chlamys (Leochlamys) iwakiana Yokoyama 1925 scallop
Patinopecten ibaragiensis scallop
Patinopecten planicostulatus scallop
Patinopecten poculum scallop
Patinopecten tokyoensis scallop
Gloripallium crassivenium Yokoyama 1929 scallop | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel |