Susaki Area, Doganaro Formation, Shikoku (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Kochi, Japan (33.4° N, 133.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 134.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Doganaro Formation (Shimantogawa Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

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 40550: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae