Loc. 2, Uého Primary School, Tane-ga-shima [Tajima Fm] (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (30.7° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 130.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tajima Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tajima Fm, which locally unconformably overlies the Kumagé Gp (Paleogene) and is regionally overlain by the Hasé Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 1 m thickness at this section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fragile, medium to coarse-grained sandstone bearing abundant fossils. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hayasaka

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: S. Hayasaka. REPOSITORY: Possibly Tohoku University.

Primary reference: S. Hayasaka. 1973. Pliocene marine fauna from Tane-ga-shima, South Kyushu, Japan. Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd series (Geology), Special Volume 6:97-108 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 97033: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Frenulinidae
Pictothyris picta Dillwyn 1817
"Pictothyris hanzawai" = Kikaithyris hanzawai Yabe 1932
SUBSPECIES: Pictothyris hanzawai lenticularis
 Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Coptothyris excelsa Yokoyama 1923
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella sp. Scopoli 1777 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Mizuhopecten tokyoensis scallop
SUBSPECIES: Mizuhopecten tokyoensis hokurikuensis
Amussiopecten praesignis Yokoyama 1922 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara (Scapharca) cf. suzukii" = Scapharca
"Anadara (Scapharca) cf. suzukii" = Scapharca clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia (Megacardita) ferruginosa" = Megacardita
"Venericardia (Megacardita) ferruginosa" = Megacardita clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fulvia sp. Gray 1853 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Callista) chinensis Holten 1802 venus clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Pyrene (Mitrella) sp." = Mitrella
"Pyrene (Mitrella) sp." = Mitrella Risso 1826 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum (Volutoharpa) sp. Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Batillaria sp. Benson 1842 snail