Where: Shizuoka, Japan (34.8° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 137.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tamari Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: T. Nobuhara and T. Tanaka. 1993. Palaeoecology of Akebiconcha kawamurai (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae) from the Pliocene Tamari Silt Formation in the Kakegawa area, central Japan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 102:27-40 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 179928: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.07.2016

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