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Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Group | Uwajima |
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Formation(s) | Furushiroyama Makinoyama |
Age: | 93.9 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Turonian - Santonian |
Lithology | mudstone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Uwajima Area | Ehime Prefecture, Japan | Uwajima |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Uwajima - Furushiroyama | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | mudstone | 2 |
Uwajima - Makinoyama | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | mudstone | 1 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Caprina sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Caprinidae : Caprina | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Mytiloides stantoni species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Mytiloides : Mytiloides stantoni | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Didymotis sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Posidoniidae : Didymotis | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Apiotrigonia (Apiotrigonia) sp. subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Megatrigonia : Apiotrigonia (Apiotrigonia) | 93.9 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Hayami I. (1975) A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin 10 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!