Shimotsu-fukae (Eocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.1° N, 135.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 128.8° E)

When: Fukami Formation (Sakasegawa Group), 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 203231: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria sp. Roemer 1857 venus clam