Taira-Kamitakaku (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Fukushima, Japan (37.0° N, 140.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 138.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yoshinoya Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Saegusa. 2008. Dwarf Stegolophodon from the Miocene of Japan Passengers on sinking boats. Quaternary International 182:49-62 [M. Uhen/M. Kanojia/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 93785: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Stegodontidae