Where: Japan (32.3° N, 130.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 127.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hokahira Member (Enokuchi Formation), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, bioturbated sandstone
•of sandstone and dark gray to black mudstone. The
•mudstone color gradually changes from dark gray
•through red and light green to dark gray mudstones
•toward the top of this member.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: shellbed
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 123164: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 13.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Crassostrea kawauchidensis Tamura 1977 oyster | |
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Integricardium seikaianum cockle | |