Omi Area, Negoya Formation, Honshu: Pliensbachian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Neomiodontidae
subsp. kurumese
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Niigata
Coordinates: 37.0° North, 137.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.3° North, 166.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 2
Key time interval: Pliensbachian
Age range of interval: 192.9 - 184.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kuruma Formation:Negoya
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: "shale"
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:40309
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-22 00:44:47 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-22 00:44:47
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]