Where: Niigata, Japan (37.3° N, 138.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 138.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy siltstone

Primary reference: M. Kato, I. Kabayashi, S. Kabayashi, I. Sasagawa, T. Shinmura, K. Tamura, H. Horikawa and M. Miyawaki. 2008. Discovery of the Hydrodamalinae (Sirenia, Mammalia) from the Late Pliocene Shiroiwa Formation in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. Bulletin of the Nagaoka Municipal Science Museum 43:1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89861: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.06.2009

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