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Funagawara, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

FormationFunagawara
Age:133 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalLate Hauterivian
Lithologyshale, "shale"/sandstone, sandstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences7

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Ofunato AreaOfunato City, Iwate Prefecture, JapanFunagawara
FunagawaraRikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, JapanFunagawara
Of0001 - Ofunato-Omine mine area [Funagawara Fm]Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, JapanFunagawara

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Ofunato145 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
1
Ofunato - Nagaiso145 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
1
Ofunato - Funagawara145 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Nanonavis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Nanonavis136.4 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pulsidis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Pulsidis136.4 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Isodomella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Neomiodontidae : Isodomella136.4 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crioceratites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Crioceratitidae : Crioceratites136.4 - 130 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nerineopsis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Metacerithiidae : Nerineopsis132.9 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Kase T. (1984) , Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan, 1-262
Kozai T. (1986) Early Cretaceous Pulsidis (Bivalvia) from Japan, Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 144, 479-489
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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