Earth:Dainichi Formation

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Short description: Geologic formation in Japan

The Dainichi Formation is a palaeontological formation located in Shizuoka, Japan . The formation is part of the Kakegawa Group.[1] It dates to the Upper Pliocene period.[2] The shell beds in the Dainichi formation contain molluscan fossils, including those of the Rhizoconus hyaena.[3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ Ryuichi Majima; Takashi Homme (August 1993). "Shell-concentrated bed of the Dainichi Formation of the Kakegawa Group. Its fabric and origin." (in ja). Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 99 (8): 659-674. doi:10.5575/geosoc.99.659. https://olivirv.myspecies.info/sites/olivirv.myspecies.info/files/Shell-concentrated%20bed%20of%20the%20D%20-%20Majima%2C%20R.%20%28Ryuichi%29.pdf. Retrieved 2022-12-30. 
  2. ↑ Susumu Tonida; Masahiro Shiba; Takami Nobuhara (February 2006). "First post-Miocene Argonauta from Japan, and its Palaeontological Significance". Cainozoic Research. https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/541713/CR2006004001002.pdf. 
  3. ↑ Yuri Kimura; Yoshiharu Yokoyama; Hiromichi Hirano (September 2011). "Stratigraphic trends in molluscan paleoecology in storm-generated shell beds from the lower shoreface deposits of the Pliocene Dainichi Formation, Kakegawa Group, central Japan". Fossils (90): 5-15. https://waseda.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/stratigraphic-trends-in-molluscan-paleoecology-in-storm-generated. Retrieved 2022-12-30. 
  4. ↑ Nobuhara, T.; Tanaka, T.. "A new subspecies of Rhizoconus hyaena (Caenogastropoda: Conidae) from the upper pliocene Dainichi formation, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan". Japanese Journal of Malacology. 

Further reading

  • Vickers-Rich, Patricia & Rich, Thomas Hewett (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN:0-7301-0315-3




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