Where: Japan (33.3° N, 129.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 126.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arita Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Arita Fm. AGE: Listed as middle Oligocene. Revised here to Early Oligocene.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY Unknown.
Primary reference: R. Majima. 1989. Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan. Bulletins of American Paleontology 96(331):1-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78396: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Euspira" aritensis moon snail |