Shimotsu-fukae: Eocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Venerida
- Veneridae
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Pitaria sp.
Roemer 1857
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.1° North, 135.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.6° North, 131.0° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Sakasegawa | Formation: | Fukami |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 203231 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-08-06 15:31:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-06 15:31:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61622. | T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] |