Kuji Area, Kunitan Formation, Honshu: Santonian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus (Cataceramus) japonicus
Nagao and Matsumoto 1940
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| recombined as Inoceramus (Platyceramus) japonicus | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Iwate |
| Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 141.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° North, 130.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
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: | 40091 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-06-17 11:16:32 | Last modified: | 2004-06-28 09:31:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-17 11:16:32 |
| 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] |