Where: Miyagi, Japan (39.0° N, 141.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 143.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Oshima Formation, Neocomian (145.0 - 125.8 Ma)
• Upper Neocomian
• 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 40328: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Rastellum (Arctostrea) carinatum Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
"? Catinula oshimensis" = Gryphaea (Catinula)
"? Catinula oshimensis" = Gryphaea (Catinula) oyster |