Where: Okinawa, Japan (25.9° N, 131.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 132.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daito Formation, Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Age after Boessenecker et al., 2019, who reported the collection number as 152404, which is a mistake.

•From the text: latest Pliocene ? or more probably Pleistocene

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone and rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: The Holotype is stored in the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Tohoku Imperial University; Reg. No. 56624.

Primary reference: H. Yabe and T. Sugiyama. 1935. Notes on a Fossil Shark's Tooth Found in the Daito Limestone of Kita-Daito-Zima, Borodino Islands. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy 11(4):149-151 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152398: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 20.11.2013

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