Sakawa Area, Zohoin Group, Shikoku (Triassic of Japan)

Where: Kochi, Japan (33.5° N, 133.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 112.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Zohoin Group, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black, gray mudstone 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 40470: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella pectinoides oyster
possibly conspecific with D. iwayai
Daonella kotoi von Mojsisovics 1888 oyster
"Daonella sakawana" = Daonella (Arzelella) sakawana von Mojsisovics 1888 oyster
"Daonella indica" = Daonella (Arzelella) indica Bittner 1899 oyster
"Daonella cf. spitiensis" = Daonella (Arzelella) spitiensis Bittner 1899 oyster
Daonella tenuistriata Hyatt 1892 oyster
Daonella densisulcata Yabe and Schimizu 1927 oyster