Mitsu (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.4° N, 133.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 130.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• clay stone embedded in a calcareous rock layer in the form of lenses

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous claystone

• clay stone embedded in a calcareous rock layer in the form of lenses

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 51969: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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