Shitsumi (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Ishikawa, Japan (37.3° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 134.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Shitsumi Formation (Nanao Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Primary reference: T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91524: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.09.2009
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Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914 desmostylian | |