Sakamoto Area, Kochigatani Group, Kyushu: Carnian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Falcimytilus nasai (Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1950)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia kawadai Yehara 1927
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
Otapiria dubia (Ichikawa 1954)
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Palaeopharidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kumamoto
Coordinates: 32.5° North, 130.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.4° North, 133.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3
Key time interval: Carnian
Age range of interval: 237 - 227.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kochigatani Formation:Sabudani
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of Kochigatani Group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
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:40339
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-22 05:56:15 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-22 05:56:15
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]