Nakamura Area, Nakamura Formation, Shikoku: Campanian - Maastrichtian, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Kochi
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 132.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.8° North, 126.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian - Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Campanian - Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Shimantogawa Formation:Nakamura
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:40609
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-26 09:03:19 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-26 09:03:19
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]