Nagano-shi (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Nagano, Japan (36.6° N, 138.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 136.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ogawa Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Miyazaki, H. Horikawa, N. Kohno, K. Hirota, M. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Tomida, L. G. Barnes, and C. E. Ray. 1995. Summary of the fossil record of pinnipeds of Japan, and comparisons with that from the eastern North Pacific. The Island Arc 3:361-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102977: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora -
Imagotariinae indet. Mitchell 1968 pinniped