West Formosa, Cretaceous Formation (Cretaceous of Taiwan)

Where: Taiwan (24.0° N, 121.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 127.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• unnamed buried Cretaceous formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39623: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Carditida - Carditidae