Where: Miyagi, Japan (38.3° N, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 121.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Rifu Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone
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 40338: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 22.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Daonella multistriata oyster
Daonella densisulcata Yabe and Schimizu 1927 oyster | |