Mine Area, Hirabara Formation, Honshu (Triassic of Japan)

Where: Yamaguchi, Japan (34.2° N, 131.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 114.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hirabara Formation (Mine Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandstone and conglomerate

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 39205: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 23.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Modiomorphida - Palaeopharidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia kawadai Yehara 1927 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pleuronectites hirabarensis Hayami 1975 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae