Misakubo Formation - Kokisawa (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.2° N, 137.9° E: paleocoordinates 49.3° N, 131.3° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Misakubo Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Misakubo Fm. AGE: Cenomanian based on pterotrigonian biostratigraphy. Fauna indicates great similarity to Tateishi Fm. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Enclosed shallow embayment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology; assigned siliciclastic as figures suggested a fine-grained lithology. LITHIFICATION: poorly lithified, based on observations of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: M. Tashiro. REPOSITORY: Geological collections of the Faculty in Sicence, Kochi University (KSG), Kochi.

Primary reference: M. Tashiro. 1988. Cenomanian bivalve fauna of the Akaishi Mountains, central Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Special Publication 1:285-295 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69471: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Appears limited, though covers many bivalvia; not exhaustive as excludes other groups likely to be present (not reported). NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with subgenus and species-level assignments.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria erecta Tamura 1976 pearl oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) ezoensis Yabe and Nagao 1928 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) monobeana Tashiro and Kozai 1982 clam
Pterotrigonia (Ptilotrigonia) mifunensis Tamura and Tashiro 1967 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae