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.