Kugushima Island, Hinoshima Formation, loc. K2002 (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (32.4° N, 130.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 121.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hinoshima Formation (Himenoura Group), Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• Inoceramus amakusensis, from the lowermost part of the formation indicates early Santonian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone

• shallow-marine depositional environment: bay-head delta system, topsets and foresets

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: T. Kumagae, H. Maeda, and T. Komatsu. 2011. Paleoecology of Inoceramus amakusensis Nagao et Matsumoto, 1940 (Bivalvia) in a Late Cretaceous shallow clastic sea: The Himenoura Group, Kyushu, Japan. Cretaceous Research 32:738-749 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114286: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 13.08.2011, edited by Sabine Nürnberg

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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus amakusensis
Inoceramus amakusensis Nagao and Matsumoto 1940 clam