Katsuuragawa Area, Hanoura Formation, Shikoku (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Tokushima, Japan (33.8° N, 134.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 136.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hanoura Formation, Neocomian (145.0 - 125.8 Ma)

• Upper Neocomian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

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 39971: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 13.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Cardiida - Icanotiidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neithea) atava Roemer 1839 scallop
syn. with N. (N.) kanmerai
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sanchuensis pointed nut clam