Where: Sendai, Japan (38.3° N, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 139.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: N. Kohno and Y. Takaizumi. 1992. The first record of the halitheriine dugongid (Sirenia: Dugongiade) in the western North Pacific Ocean. Fossils 53:1-6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65237: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.09.2006

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