Where: Tokyo, Japan (35.7° N, 139.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 128.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Arai Formation, Triassic (251.9 - 201.4 Ma)
• Triassic (precisely unknown)
• 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 39668: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Myoconcha planata clam | |
Mytilus chohi mussel |