Where: Gumma, Japan (36.3° N, 138.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 51.5° N, 143.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shiroi Formation, Neocomian (143.1 - 125.8 Ma)

• Lower Neocomian, now regarded as lower part of Ishido Formation

• 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 40487: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.06.2004

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