Mitsubishi-Bibai Coal mine (Eocene of Japan)

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (43.3° N, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 135.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Horokabetsu Formation (Ishikari Group), Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Mizuno. 1954. On Two New Forms of PaleogeneGastropods from Hokkaido, Japan. Venus 18(2):101-108 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205814: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea eorivularis Oyama and Mizuno 1958 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
"Margaritifera perdahurica" = Pinctada
"Margaritifera perdahurica" = Pinctada pearl oyster
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
"Geloina hokkaidoensis" = Polymesoda (Geloina), Corbicula tokudai
"Geloina hokkaidoensis" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio uryuensis freshwater mussel
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Siphonalia sakakurai n. sp. Mizuno 1954 true whelk