Sakamoto (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Shimane, Japan (35.3° N, 132.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 131.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fujina Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained, medium sandstone
• lumps of fin - medium grains of sandstone
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 52013: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
| Mammalia | |
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal | |