Where: Kochi, Japan (33.0° N, 132.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 122.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nakamura Formation (Shimantogawa Group), Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: T. Nobuhara, D. Onda, T. Sato, H. Aosawa, T. Ishimura, A. Ijiri, U. Tsunogai, N. Kikuchi, Y. Kondo and S. Kiel. 2016. Mass occurrence of the enigmatic gastropod Elmira in the Late Cretaceous Sada Limestone seep deposit in southwestern Shikoku, Japan. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 90:701-722 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 183420: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.12.2016, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Elmira shimantoensis Nobuhara et al. 2016 snail | |
Humptulipsia nobuharai n. sp.
Humptulipsia nobuharai n. sp. Kaim et al. 2014 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Thyasira" hataii clam |