The Dainichi Formation is a palaeontological formation located in Shizuoka, Japan. The formation is part of the Kakegawa Group. It dates to the Upper Pliocene period. The shell beds in the Dainichi formation contain molluscan fossils, including those of the Rhizoconus hyaena.
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References
- Ryuichi Majima; Takashi Homme (August 1993). "Shell-concentrated bed of the Dainichi Formation of the Kakegawa Group. Its fabric and origin" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society of Japan (in Japanese). 99 (8): 659–674. doi:10.5575/geosoc.99.659. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- Susumu Tonida; Masahiro Shiba; Takami Nobuhara (February 2006). "First post-Miocene Argonauta from Japan, and its Palaeontological Significance" (PDF). Cainozoic Research.
- 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. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- 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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