Where: Ehime, Japan (33.0° N, 132.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 122.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Misho Formation (Shimantogawa Group), Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• Campanian (or thereabout)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
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 39920: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 12.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus yuasai clam |