North of Doiban, Monobe-mura: Early Aptian, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 33.6° North, 133.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.7° North, 144.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian
Key time interval: Early Aptian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 119.57 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hibihara
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: basal part of the formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine lithified sandstone
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: brackish-water environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:275180
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2025-09-22 15:53:24 Last modified:2025-09-22 15:53:39
Access level:the public Released:2025-09-22 15:53:24
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

93090. M. Tashiro and T. Kozai. 1989. Bivalve fossils from the type Monobegawa Group (Part 4). Research Reports of Kochi University 38:113-144 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]