Akigawa River (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.7° N, 139.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 138.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Taru and Y. Hasegawa. 2002. The Plio-Pleistocene fossil mammals from the Kasumi and Tama Hills. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 38:43-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53828: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 14.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer