Motomiya (Oligocene to of Japan)

Where: Wakayama, Japan (33.5° N, 135.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 132.7° E)

When: Ukekawa-Muro Formation, Oligocene to Oligocene (33.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Natori. 1964. Some molluscan fossils from the Tertiary Muro Group in the Kii Peninsula, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 55(472):247-255 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205008: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya (Acharax) muroensis n. sp. Natori 1964 Awning Clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar kotoi n. sp., Pitar hataii n. sp.
Pitar kotoi n. sp. Natori 1964 venus clam
Pitar hataii n. sp. Natori 1964 venus clam