Obirashibe Area, Mikasa Sandstone, Hokkaido (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Japan (44.0° N, 141.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 50.3° N, 146.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Mikasa Sandstone Formation (Middle Yezo Group), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; fine-grained sandstone and mudstone

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 40613: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 26.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus (Inoceramus) aff. crippsi" = Gnesioceramus cripsii, Inoceramus (Inoceramus) yabei
"Inoceramus (Inoceramus) aff. crippsi" = Gnesioceramus cripsii Mantell 1822 clam
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) yabei Nagao and Matsumoto 1939 clam