Himedo Park Bivalve Bed: Santonian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea sp.
Sacco 1897
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 130.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 129.4° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 85.7 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: bottom fine sandstone bed (105 cm thick) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 219955 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, B. Allen | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | G. Palazzo | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-04-27 19:20:13 | Last modified: | 2026-09-12 10:53:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-04-27 19:20:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76690. | N. Kitamura. 2019. Features and paleoecological significance of the shark fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Hinoshima Formation, Himenoura Group, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 23(2):110-130 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Clapham] |