Kesennuma Area, Isokusa Formation, Honshu (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Miyagi, Japan (38.9° N, 141.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 143.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Isokusa Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 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 40161: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 19.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae