Where: Japan (32.3° N, 130.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 123.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karakizaki Formation (Goshoura Group), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, bioturbated, muddy sandstone and lithified, sandy mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Komatsu and H. Maeda. 2005. Stratigraphy and fossil bivalve assemblages of the mid-Cretaceous Goshoura Group, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 9(2):119-142 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123155: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 12.01.2012

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