Tadakuma Mine (Eocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (33.6° N, 130.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 124.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Honso

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 205249: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea kahoensis n. sp. Nagao 1928 oyster