Izumi (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as Inkyo-yama, Kuziri

Where: Gifu, Japan (35.4° N, 137.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 134.5° E)

When: Yamanouchi Member (Akeyo Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• 18 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91465: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga 1939 desmostylian
neotype locality; Izumi Specimen; NMNS PV-5601