Katura-sawa (Eocene of Japan)

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (43.6° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 136.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Wakkanabi Formation (Ishikari Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Wakkanabe Formation?

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Uozumi. 1955. On some molluscan fossils from the Palaeogene Wakkanabe Formation in Hokkaido. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 19:73-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205060: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites (Eucrassatella) yabei" = Crassatellites yabei
"Crassatellites (Eucrassatella) yabei" = Crassatellites yabei Nagao 1928 clam
subspecies yessoensis