Where: Japan (35.1° N, 134.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 131.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yoshino Formation (Katsuta Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• ? Middle Miocene, assemblage A, lower part of the formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: paralic; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Taguchi, T. Osafune, and A. Obayashi. 1981. New Miocene mollusca from the Katsuta Group, Nagi-cho, Okayama Prefecture, SW Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 8:1-6 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77742: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turbo ozawai Otuka 1938 snail
Turbo cf. ozawai Otuka 1938 snail
"Lunella kurodai" = Turbo (Lunella) snail
Homalopoma sp. Carpenter 1864 snail | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Turritella kiiensis turret shell | |
Vicarya japonica, Vicaryella sp., Vicaryella cf. notoensis, Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) tokunariensis, Tateiwaia yamanarii, Tateiwaia tateiwai, Terebralia itoigawai n. sp., Terebralia kakiensis n. sp., Telescopium cf. schencki
Vicarya japonica horn snail
Vicaryella sp. Yabe and Hatai 1938 horn snail
Vicaryella cf. notoensis Masuda 1956 horn snail
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) tokunariensis Masuda 1956 horn snail
Tateiwaia yamanarii horn snail
Tateiwaia tateiwai Makiyama 1936 horn snail
Terebralia itoigawai n. sp. horn snail
Terebralia kakiensis n. sp. horn snail
Telescopium cf. schencki horn snail | |
Batillaria toshioi snail
Batillaria sp. Benson 1842 snail | |
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Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) sp. Oyama 1950 murex snail | |
Nerita cf. ishidae snail
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Striarca elongata n. sp., Striarca uetsukiensis, Striarca sp., Anadara (Hataiarca) kakehataensis, Anadara (Hataiarca) sp.
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? Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Crassostrea gravitesta oyster | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824 clam | |
"Hiatula minoensis" = Mya
"Hiatula minoensis" = Mya softshell clam | |
"Solidicorbula succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula)
"Solidicorbula succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam | |
"Geloina cf. stachi" = Polymesoda (Geloina), "Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina)
"Geloina cf. stachi" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam | |
? Joannisiella sp. Dall 1895 clam | |
Apolymetis sp. Salisbury 1929 tellin clam
Tellina notoensis tellin clam
"Fabulina sp." = Tellina (Fabulina) tellin clam | |
Asaphis sp. Modeer 1793 clam | |
Cultellus izumoensis Yokoyama 1923 clam | |
Thecostraca | |
"Balanus" sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle |