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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Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish |