Where: Hyogo, Japan (34.2° N, 134.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 123.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pachydiscus subcompressus ammonoid zone, Shimonada Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, sandy, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Y. Maeda

• Repository: Department of Geology, Kyushu University

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 176813: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.03.2016, edited by Paul Scofield

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