Also known as Yatsuomachi, Yatsuo
Where: Japan (36.6° N, 137.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 134.5° E)
When: Yamadanaka Tuff Member (Kurosedani Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• 15.3 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Kaneko and N. Inuzuka. 1992. Desmostylian fossils from the Yatsuo Group in Toyama Prefecture, Central Japan and their paleoenvironments. Chikyu Kagaku = Earth Science 46(2):153-164 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93790: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga 1939 desmostylian | |
Stegolophodon pseudolatidens proboscidean |