Sakamoto Area, Yatsushiro Formation, Kyushu (Cretaceous of Japan)
Where: Kumamoto, Japan (32.5° N, 130.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 127.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Yatsushiro Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 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 40469: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.06.2004
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Rastellum (Arctostrea) carinatum Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
? Entolium yatsushiroense scallop | |
Nipponitrigonia kikuchiana Yokoyama 1891 clam | |
? Laevicardium ishidoense cockle | |
Panopea (Myopsis) nagaoi Hayami 1966 clam | |
Ptychomya densicostata Nagao 1934 clam |