Ipponmatsu (Eocene of Japan)

Where: Chikugo, Japan (33.0° N, 132.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 126.4° E)

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• lower Orthulax japonicus zone

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 203228: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella okadai Nagao 1928 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
"Melania milkensis n. sp." = Thiara
"Melania milkensis n. sp." = Thiara snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Thersiteidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polynices (Neverita) eocenica Nagao 1928 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista ariakensis" = Callista (Microcallista) ariakensis
"Macrocallista ariakensis" = Callista (Microcallista) ariakensis Nagao 1928 venus clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus aff. rigaultii Deshayes 1884 mussel