Dainichi Formation Explained

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]}

See also

• List of fossil sites

Further reading

• (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed.

Notes and References

1. Shell-concentrated bed of the Dainichi Formation of the Kakegawa Group. Its fabric and origin.. Ryuichi Majima. Takashi Homme. August 1993. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan. 99. 8. 659-674. ja. 10.5575/geosoc.99.659. 2022-12-30.
2. First post-Miocene Argonauta from Japan, and its Palaeontological Significance. Susumu Tonida. Masahiro Shiba. Takami Nobuhara. Cainozoic Research. February 2006.
3. Stratigraphic trends in molluscan paleoecology in storm-generated shell beds from the lower shoreface deposits of the Pliocene Dainichi Formation, Kakegawa Group, central Japan. Yuri Kimura. Yoshiharu Yokoyama. Hiromichi Hirano. September 2011. Fossils. 90. 5-15. 2022-12-30.
4. A new subspecies of Rhizoconus hyaena (Caenogastropoda: Conidae) from the upper pliocene Dainichi formation, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan. Nobuhara, T.. Tanaka, T.. Japanese Journal of Malacology.