Shizukawa Area, Saragai Group, Honshu (Triassic of Japan)

Where: Miyagi, Japan (38.7° N, 141.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 140.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Saragai Group, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

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 40540: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia cf. obruchevi Kiparisova 1937 oyster
Halobia aff. fallax Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) mojsisovicsi Teller 1886 scallop
 Pectinida - Monotidae
Monotis (Entomonotis) zabaikalica Kiparisova 1936 scallop
Monotis (Entomonotis) ochotica Keyserling 1848 scallop