Nenami (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Shimane, Japan (35.5° N, 132.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 130.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• contrasting to Kawagoshi layer

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 52010: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark