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Hangochi, Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.445,130.13 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Hangochi, Amakusa | Yokoyama M. (1911) | Stratigraphic information not given, although Yokoyama thought the unit was correlative with strata in the Miike coalfield. Both Lutetian and Bartonian strata are exposed on the Amakusa Islands. | sandstone | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Venericardia : Venericardia (Venericor) nipponica | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Crassatella fusca species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella : Crassatella fusca | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
Lima amaxensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Lima : Lima amaxensis | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene |
References
Yokoyama M. (1911) Some Tertiary fossils from the Miike coal-field, Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University, Tokyo 27, 1-16 |
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!