Tanohata Area, Aketo Formation, Honshu: Early Albian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys cf. subacuta (Lamarck 1819)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bivalvia - Limida - Limidae
Bivalvia - Protobranchia - Nuculanidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Iwate
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 141.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.9° North, 151.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 4
Key time interval: Early Albian
Age range of interval: 113.2 - 110.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Miyako Formation:Aketo
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous 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:40555
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-25 05:07:59 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-25 05:07:59
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]