Sho-setsu-taku (Miocene of Russian Federation)

Also known as Ketongawa River, Keton-gawa River

Where: Sakhalin, Russian Federation (49.4° N, 142.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 140.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. L. VanderHoof. 1937. A study of the Miocene sirenian Desmostylus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 24(8):169-262 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124918: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 29.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• Specimen at Hokkaido University
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Desmostylus sp. Marsh 1888 desmostylian