Where: Hyogo, Japan (34.8° N, 135.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 129.1° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tainohata Formation (Kobe Group), Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified, coarse-grained sandstone and lithified, muddy sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Specimens housed at Akashi City Cultural Museum and Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo.
Primary reference: T. Matsubara, H. Kurita, and H. Matsuo. 2010. Eocene Mollusca from the Tainohata Formation in Kobe City, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 14(2):119-144 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 102033: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 07.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pitar ozakii n. sp., "Cyclina (Cyclinorbis) aff. nodai" = Cyclina nodai
Pitar ozakii n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010 venus clam
"Cyclina (Cyclinorbis) aff. nodai" = Cyclina nodai Nagao 1928 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Potamides huzitai n. sp., Cerithideopsilla hondai n. sp.
Potamides huzitai n. sp. horn snail
Cerithideopsilla hondai n. sp. Matsubara et al. 2010 horn snail |