Anekehama (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Shimane, Japan (35.0° N, 132.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 129.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Karakane Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone

• fine 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 52019: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Pinnipedia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale