Where: Japan (43.2° N, 141.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 133.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Kashima Formation (Yezo Group), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, calcareous lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: permineralized, replaced with carbon
Collection methods: chemical, peel or thin section, hydrochloric,
• National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Primary reference: T. Yamada. 2007. Structurally preserved Zamites bayeri Kvacek from the Coniacian Kashima Formation (Yezo Group) of Hokkaido, Japan. Cretaceous Research 2009:1-6 [N. Nagalingum/N. Nagalingum]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96942: authorized by Nathalie Nagalingum, entered by Nathalie Nagalingum on 13.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Inoceramus uwajimensis" = Mytiloides stantoni
"Inoceramus uwajimensis" = Mytiloides stantoni Sokolow 1914 clam | |
Zamites bayeri Kvacek 1997 |