Oura (Paleogene of Japan)

Where: Chikugo, Japan (33.0° N, 130.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 124.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Toka Formation, Paleogene (66.0 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203132: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Melania miikensis Nagao 1928 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polynices (Neverita) eocenica Nagao 1928 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Thersiteidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium miikense Nagao 1928 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
sp. b