Tanami, Honshu (Eocene to of Japan)

Where: Japan (33.5° N, 135.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 131.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tanamigawa Formation, Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Hryniewicz, K. Amano, R. G. Jenkins and S. Kiel. 2017. Thyasirid bivalves from Cretaceous and Paleogene cold seeps. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(4):705-728 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191323: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 23.01.2018, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Orectospira wadana
Orectospira wadana turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Cryptonatica sp.
Cryptonatica sp. Dall 1892 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Neilonella sp.
Neilonella sp. Dall 1881 clam
 Solemyida - Nucinellidae
Nucinella sp.
Nucinella sp. Wood 1850 Nut Clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Acharax sp.
Acharax sp. Dall 1908 Awning Clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bathymodiolus aff. inouei
Bathymodiolus aff. inouei Amano and Jenkins 2011 mussel
 Cardiida - Vesicomyidae
Hubertschenckia ezoensis
Hubertschenckia ezoensis Yokoyama 1890 clam
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Conchocele taylori, Conchocele bisecta
Conchocele taylori Hickman 2015 clam
Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam