Makito Area, Mitarai Formation, Honshu (Jurassic of Japan)

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
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae