Also known as Locality 4

Where: Japan (36.0° N, 139.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 136.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yoshii Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• formations cover unconformably the Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and crystalline shists

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified sandstone and lithified siltstone

Primary reference: Y. Iwasaki. 1970. The Shiobara-type Molluscan Fauna: An ecological analysis of fossil molluscs. Journal of the faculty of science, University of Tokyo, Section 2 17(3):351-444 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski/K. Bulinski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52318: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 03.08.2005

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