Iwayame (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Shimane, Japan (35.4° N, 132.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 130.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kuri Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale
• calcareous shale
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 52003: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005
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Actinopteri | |
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring |