Senryu coal mine (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Nagasaki, Japan (33.3° N, 129.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 127.3° E)

When: Yunoki Formation (Sasebo Group), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Shikama. 1956. Miocene Chelonia of Japan. Sci. Rept. Yokohama Nation. Univ 2(5):35-62 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 191621: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.02.2018, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Senryuemys kiharai n. sp. Shikama 1953 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Geoclemmys matauuraensis" = Geoclemys
"Geoclemmys matauuraensis" = Geoclemys turtle