Where: Iwate, Japan (39.9° N, 141.9° E: paleocoordinates 53.1° N, 140.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hiraiga Formation (Miyako Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Komatsu, K. Yoshihara, M. H. Dick, R. Takashima, A. Ostrovsky and H. Nishi. 2008. Habitats of Bivalves in the Lower-Cretaceous Aptian Tanohata and Aptian to Albian Hiraiga Formations, Iwate Prefecture, Northeastern Japan. In H. Okada, S. F. Mawatari, N. Suzuki, P. Gautam (eds.), Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Proceedings of International Symposium “The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity”, 1–5 October 2007, Sapporo 163-170 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142443: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 11.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster | |
Neithea ficalhoi Choffat 1888 scallop | |
Nipponitrigonia sp. Cox 1952 clam | |
Nagaoella corrugate venus clam | |
Anthonya subcantiana clam | |
Astarte (Nicaniella) minor Lea 1833 clam |