Where: Japan (43.1° N, 141.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 135.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Yezo Group, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• Middle Yezo Group?, Cenomanian-Turonian(?)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray shale and sandstone
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 39670: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus ezoensis mussel |