Abeshinai Area, Saku Formation, Hokkaido (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Teshio, Japan (44.8° N, 142.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 134.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Saku Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; mudstone 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 39822: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Truncacila) hokkaidoensis Nagao 1932 divaricate nutclam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) teshioensis Nagao and Matsumoto 1939 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae