Makito Area, Mitarai Formation, Honshu: Callovian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculidae
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Solemyidae
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Bivalvia - Limida - Limidae
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Gifu
Coordinates: 36.0° North, 136.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.6° North, 151.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Callovian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Callovian
Age range of interval: 165.3 - 161.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tetori Formation:Mitarai
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40166
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-19 02:57:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-19 02:57:02
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
10664. I. Hayami. 1975. A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin (10) [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]