Shimosasahara: Early Miocene - Middle Miocene, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Toyama County:Toyama
Coordinates: 36.6° North, 137.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.4° North, 134.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene - Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Higashibessho
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:205155
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-10-07 19:01:27 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-07 19:01:27
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

70393. K. Amano and S. Kiel. 2011. Fossil Adulomya (Vesicomyidae, Bivalvia) from Japan. The Veliger 51(2):76-90 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]