Uonashi Area, Taho Fromation, Shikoku (Triassic to of Japan)

Where: Ehime, Japan (33.3° N, 132.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 108.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Middle Skytian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and black 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 40585: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 26.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria minima Kiparisova 1938 scallop