Aikawa (Miocene to of Japan)
Where: Japan (39.0° N, 141.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 139.1° E)
When: Turusi Formation, Middle Miocene to Middle Miocene (16.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• lowest Turusi bed
Environment/lithology: marine
• no lithology description
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: R. H. Reinhart. 1959. A review of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(1):1-146 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40519: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.06.2004
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Mammalia | |
Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga 1939 desmostylian |