Nakazato (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Shimane, Japan (36.2° N, 133.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 131.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Dogo Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; medium-grained sandstone
• lumps of brownish color, medium grains of sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 52027: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
? Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale |