Teranosawa, Maiya, Towa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture (Permian of Japan)

Where: Japan (38.7° N, 141.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° N, 113.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tenjinnoki Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Nakazawa, Shimizu

Primary reference: K. Nakazawa and N.D. Newell. 1968. Permian bivalves of Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Series of Geology and Mineralogy 35(1):1-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 114533: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp., Hayasakapecten shimizui
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Hayasakapecten shimizui Nakazawa and Newell 1968 scallop
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten onukii
Acanthopecten onukii Murata 1964 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Ensipteria onukii, Towapteria nipponica
Ensipteria onukii Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
Towapteria nipponica Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma (Leiopteria) sp.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
? Lopha teranosawensis n. sp.
? Lopha teranosawensis n. sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia "sp. c"
Edmondia "sp. c" de Koninck 1841 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus kitakamiensis n. sp.
Neoschizodus kitakamiensis n. sp. Nakazawa and Newell 1968 clam