Obo (Eocene to of Japan)

Where: Japan (33.2° N, 129.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 126.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kishima Formation, Priabonian to Priabonian (38.0 - 28.1 Ma)

• Kishima beds Pecten sakitoensis zone

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12(1):11-140 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205245: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula karatsuensis n. sp. Nagao 1928 nut clam