Futaba Area, Ashizawa Formation, Honshu: Early/Lower Coniacian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Nanonavis) sachalinensis
spelled with current rank as Nanonavis
subsp. sachalinensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymerita) amakusensis
original and current combination Glycymerita
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) uwajimensis Yehara 1924
synonym of Mytiloides stantoni
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Didymotis akamatsui
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp. Wood 1839
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Opis (Opis) sp. Defrance 1824
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea ezoensis (Nagao 1957)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Apiotrigonia (Apiotrigonia) minor
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria (Ezonuculana) mactraeformis (Nagao 1932)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Truncacila) hokkaidoensis (Nagao 1932)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Fukushima
Coordinates: 37.7° North, 141.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.0° North, 131.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Coniacian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Coniacian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Futaba Formation:Ashizawa
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:39626
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:40168
Created:2004-06-01 06:38:19 Last modified:2004-06-28 08:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-01 06:38:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10664. 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]