Shimo-koshiki Island, Himenoura Group, Kyushu: Santonian - Campanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculidae
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Sareptidae
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Steinmanellidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kagoshima
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 129.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.1° North, 125.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian - Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6 - Cretaceous 7
Key time interval: Santonian - Campanian
Age range of interval: 85.7 - 72.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Himenoura
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
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:40507
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-24 10:35:52 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-24 10:35:52
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]