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Iojima - Okinoshima, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Group | Iojima |
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Formation | Okinoshima |
Age: | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene |
Interval | Bartonian |
Lithology | sandstone/"shale" |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 9 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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TCF 1 | Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | Iojima - Okinoshima |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Venericardia : Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Acesta sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Acesta | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Eosolen sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Solenidae : Eosolen | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Pitar sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Pitar | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Eutrephoceras japonicus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eutrephoceras : Eutrephoceras japonicus | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Cymatium sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cymatiidae : Cymatium | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
References
Kamada Y. (1973) New Eocene marine mollusca from the Takshima coal-field, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Series 2: (Hatai Memorial Vol) 6, 235-240 |
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!