Makiyamaia decorata explained

Makiyamaia decorata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clavatulidae.^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this species were found in Eocene deposits in the Lower Snatolskaya Formation, Russia (age range 48.6 to 37.2 Ma).

References

• A. E. Oleinik and L. Marincovich. 2003. Biotic response to the Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Gastropod assemblages in the High-Latitude North Pacific. From Greenhouse to Icehouse. The Marine Eocene-Oligocene transition. 36–56

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=110124 Fossilworks: Makiyamaia decorata