Yoshii, Itahana Formation (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Gunma, Japan (36.3° N, 139.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 136.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Itahana Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Miyazaki and H. Horikawa. 1985. Odobenidae cf. Neotherium from the Middle Miocene of Yoshii Town, Gunma Prefecture, Central Japan. The Association for the Geological Collaboration in Japan Monograph 30:75-90 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 101827: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenidae indet. Allen 1880 walrus