Where: Miyagi, Japan (39.0° N, 141.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 145.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Arato Formation (Hashiura Group), Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• Oxfordian (or thereabout)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy shale and sandstone
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 39648: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus (Mytiloides) aff. galoi Boehm 1907 clam |