Sakuradani Area, Torinosu Group, Shikoku (Jurassic to of Japan)

Where: Tokushima, Japan (33.8° N, 134.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 137.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Torinosu Group, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 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 40480: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.06.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha (Actinostreon) cf. marshii" = Actinostreon marshi
"Lopha (Actinostreon) cf. marshii" = Actinostreon marshi Sowerby 1814 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"? Corbula globosa" = Varicorbula globosa
"? Corbula globosa" = Varicorbula globosa Sowerby 1818 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae