Also known as Sakiyama Peninsula, NS-3

Where: Ishikawi, Japan (37.1° N, 137.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 136.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sakiyama Siltstone Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Formation name from Oishi and Hasegawa (1995).

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Ohmi. 1986. Three fossil marine mammals from the Neogene of Sakiyama Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Central Japan. Chikyu kagaku 40(6):449-452 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53885: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.09.2005

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