Where: Japan (34.3° N, 134.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 123.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pravitoceras sigmoidale ammonoid zone, Seidan Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Osaka Museum of Natural History
Primary reference: Y. Morozumi. 1985. Late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) ammonites from Awaji Island, southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 39:1-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176803: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Pravitoceras sigmoidale Yabe 1902 ammonite |