Ikushumbetsu Area, Lower Yezo Group, Hokkaido (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Ishikari, Japan (43.3° N, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.7° N, 139.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Yezo Group, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• Albian (or thereabout)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and 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 39820: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam