Japanese Fossil Type Specimens

Taxon Code18
TaxonPaleozoic and Mesozoic Gastropoda, Monoplacophora and Hyolitha (Hyolitha)
Scientific nameHyolithus teretapex
AuthorSaito, 1936 [typographical error of Hyolithes]
Year1936
ReferenceJour. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Ser. 2, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 362, pl. 3, figs. 26, 27
Type specimenHolotype: UMUT PM1485, Paratypes: UMUT PM1483 - 1484, 1486 - 1489
Type localitySouth of the tunnel under Kuhyonch' I pass, 2.0 km north of Heukkyo, Koshu area, Huanghae - do (Kokai - do), North Korea
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Formation nameProtolenus shale
AgeLower Cambrian
Remarks 
Special Papers No.39
Page395
ExtractorKASE, Tomoki
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