Where: Kumamoto, Japan (32.5° N, 130.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 133.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Torinosu Group, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone
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 40342: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.06.2004
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