Where: Ehime, Japan (33.3° N, 132.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 134.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kikunotani Formation, Neocomian to Neocomian (145.0 - 100.5 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 40093: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 17.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nipponitrigonia kikuchiana Yokoyama 1891 clam | |