Where: Miyazaki, Japan (32.7° N, 131.3° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 107.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kamura Formation, Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Skytian, Otoceratan to Owenitan

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, white limestone 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 40551: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 25.06.2004

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