Gito (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.3° N, 133.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 132.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Furue Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

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 51973: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale