Futagojima Mine (Eocene of Japan)
Where: Nagasaki, Japan (32.6° N, 129.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 123.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Futagojima Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 203224: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2019
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Cyrena (Batissa) ponderosa Nagao 1928 clam | |
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel |