Sakita (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.7° N, 133.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 131.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

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 51995: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale