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Goshoura - Eboshi - Arakuchizaki, Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Group	Goshoura
Formation	Eboshi
Member	Arakuchizaki
Age:	101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Albian
Lithology	sandstone/mudstone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	50

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Goshoura Island	Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan	Goshoura - Eboshi - Arakuchizaki
Goshoura Island	Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan	Goshoura - Eboshi - Arakuchizaki
Goshoura Island	Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan	Goshoura - Eboshi - Arakuchizaki
Goshoura Island	Amakusa City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan	Goshoura - Eboshi - Arakuchizaki

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Goshoura - Eboshi - Tanoshiri	113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	mudstone/sandstone	22
Goshoura - Enokuchi - Gannohana	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	sandstone/gravel, sandstone/mudstone, sandstone	92
Goshoura - Enokuchi - Hokahira	105 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous	sandstone/siltstone, sandstone, mudstone, sandstone/mudstone	109
Goshoura - Karakizaki	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	sandstone/mudstone	28

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Matsumotoa sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Noetiidae : *Matsumotoa*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nemocardium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : *Nemocardium*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Linearis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Linearis*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brachidontes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : *Brachidontes*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Septifer mifunensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Septifer : *Septifer mifunensis*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Isognomon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : *Isognomon*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crassostrea kawauchidensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Crassostrea : *Crassostrea kawauchidensis*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Anomia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : *Anomia*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Placunopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : *Placunopsis*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Nipponicorbula sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : *Nipponicorbula*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pulsidis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : *Pulsidis*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Leptosolen sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Iridinidae : *Leptosolen*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pharella sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : *Pharella*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pterotrigonia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Megatrigoniidae : *Pterotrigonia*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Trigonioides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigonioididae : *Trigonioides*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tetoria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Cyrenidae : *Tetoria*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Costocyrena sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Neomiodontidae : *Costocyrena*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eomiodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : *Eomiodon*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudasaphis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Neomiodontidae : *Pseudasaphis*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Anisoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Anisoceratidae : *Anisoceras*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mortoniceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Brancoceratidae : *Mortoniceras*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Brancoceratidae : Mortoniceras : *Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Desmoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : *Desmoceras*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Desmoceras (Desmoceras) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Desmoceras : *Desmoceras (Desmoceras)*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Komatsu T., Maeda H. (2005) Stratigraphy and fossil bivalve assemblages of the mid-Cretaceous Goshoura Group, southwest Japan, Paleontological Research 9 2, 119-142

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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