Arao-mura (Eocene of Japan)

Also known as Kunai

Where: Japan (33.0° N, 130.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 124.0° E)

When: Yotsuyama Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

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 203226: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam