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 102034: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 07.01.2011

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