Toyoda Area, Nishinakayama Formation, Honshu: Pliensbachian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 131.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 157.5° 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:Toyora Formation:Nishinakayama
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary 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:40561
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-25 06:36:54 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-25 06:36:54
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]