Where: Japan (43.7° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 134.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saku Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, possibly the Saku Formation, which overlies pre-Cenomaniann Cretaceous deposits. AGE: Early Turonian, based on ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of local regional section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Tanabe et al. (1977). REPOSITORY: Dept. of Geology, Kyushu University, Japan.

Primary reference: K. Tanabe. 1977. Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 21:11-22 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86998: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.02.2009

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