Goshoura Island (Loc.1609) (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (32.3° N, 130.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.3° N, 140.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Hokahira Member (Enokuchi Formation), Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone and lithified, bioturbated siltstone

• The lower part, about 130 m thick, consists of very

•fine- to fine-grained hummocky cross-stratified sand-

•stone and bioturbated siltstone. The sandstone fines

•southwestward, and changes to bioturbated sandy

•siltstone, which contains calcareous

•nodules.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Primary reference: T. Komatsu and H. Maeda. 2005. Stratigraphy and fossil bivalve assemblages of the mid-Cretaceous Goshoura Group, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 9(2):119-142 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122279: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 20.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca tashiroi
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea amaxensis
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Rastellum sp.
Rastellum sp. Faujas-St.-Fond 1799 oyster
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Pterotrigonia pustulosa" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) pustulosa
"Pterotrigonia pustulosa" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) pustulosa Nagao 1930 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Anthonya amakusensis
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Goshoraia crenulata
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya japonica
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya sp., Periplomya japonica
Cercomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam