Where: Japan (38.4° N, 141.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 119.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rifu Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: Y. Bando. 1964. The Triassic stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology 36:1-137 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101739: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Balatonites oyamai n. sp.
Balatonites oyamai n. sp. Bando 1964 ceratite |