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

Where: Iburi, Japan (42.8° N, 142.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 133.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Yezo Group, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 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 40314: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
? Callista sp. Poli 1791 venus clam