Izumi (Kuzuryu) Area, Ushimaru Formation, Honshu (Jurassic to of Japan)

Where: Fukui, Japan (36.2° N, 136.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 139.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ushimaru Formation (Tetori Group), Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 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 40237: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 20.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae