Where: Fukushima, Japan (37.7° N, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 131.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ashizawa Formation (Futaba Group), Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: I. Hayami. 1975. A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin (10) [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39626: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam | |
Didymotis akamatsui oyster | |
"Inoceramus (Inoceramus) uwajimensis" = Mytiloides stantoni
"Inoceramus (Inoceramus) uwajimensis" = Mytiloides stantoni Sokolow 1914 clam | |
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"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) amakusensis" = Glycymerita
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) amakusensis" = Glycymerita clam | |
Opis (Opis) sp. Defrance 1824 clam | |
Myrtea ezoensis Nagao 1957 clam | |
Acila (Truncacila) hokkaidoensis Nagao 1932 divaricate nutclam | |
Jupiteria (Ezonuculana) mactraeformis Nagao 1932 pointed nut clam |