Toyoda Area, Utano Formation, Honshu: Bathonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra cf. ornati
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Mytiloides) aff. fuscus Quenstedt 1858
recombined as Parainoceramya fusca
Inoceramus (Retroceramus) utanoensis
Inoceramus (Retroceramus) ogurai
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Yamaguchi
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 131.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.0° North, 135.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Toyora Formation:Utano
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40563
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-25 06:38:33 Last modified:2004-06-29 15:36:08
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-25 06:38:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10664. 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]