Miwa Area, Kuga Group, Honshu: Norian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
possibly conspecific with M. (E.) zabaikalica
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 132.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 144.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Norian
Age range of interval: 227.3 - 205.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kuga
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:40209
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-20 02:26:45 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-20 02:26:45
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]