Where: Gifu, Japan (36.0° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 141.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Mitarai Formation (Tetori Group), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
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 40166: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 19.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus maedae mussel | |
Chlamys mitaraiensis scallop | |
? Limatula iwayae file clam | |
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) tetoriensis scallop | |
Entolium inequivalve scallop | |
Pleuromya hidensis clam | |
Thracia shokawensis clam | |
Tetorimya carinata clam | |
Solemya suprajurensis Awning Clam | |
Palaeonucula makitoensis nut clam |