Where: Fukui, Japan (35.5° N, 135.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 119.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: N3 Formation (Nabae Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale and sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39564: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 31.05.2004

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