Kawakami Area, Upper Yezo Group, Hokkaido (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (43.1° N, 143.7° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 132.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Yezo Group, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

• containing calcareous nodules

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 39902: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 12.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria (Ezonuculana) mactraeformis Nagao 1932 pointed nut clam