Where: Hokuriku, Japan (37.3° N, 136.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 134.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: CN5a nannofossil zone, Andaibara Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• CN5a of Calcareous Nannoplankton Zone by Okada and Bukry (Kami et al., 1981).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The described specimens are reposited at the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University.

Primary reference: H. Karasawa. 1989. Late Cenozoic Elasmobranchs from the Hokuriku district, central Japan. The Science reports of the Kanazawa University 34(1):1-57 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161491: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 06.09.2014

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