Katsurasawa: Lutetian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 142.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 134.8° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Lutetian
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 41.03 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wakkanabe
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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:205063
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-10-03 18:09:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-03 18:09:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

70373. S. Uozumi. 1955. On some molluscan fossils from the Palaeogene Wakkanabe Formation in Hokkaido. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 19:73-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]