Kitashioko (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Ibaraki, Japan (36.5° N, 140.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 137.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 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 93880: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Stegodontidae