Kitadani Area, Kitadani Formation, Honshu (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Fukui, Japan (36.2° N, 136.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 137.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kitadani Formation (Tetori Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 40037: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
 Trigoniida - Nakamuranaiadidae
 Trigoniida - Trigonioididae