Tsunozu (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Shimane, Japan (35.3° N, 132.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 131.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tsunozu Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; coarse-grained sandstone

• coarse 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 52018: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae