Utsunomiya, north (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Tochigi, Japan (36.6° N, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 137.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; green tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Repenning and R. H. Tedford. 1977. Otarioid seals of the Neogene. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 992:1-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 101905: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
? Allodesmus sp. Kellogg 1922 pinniped
questionably referable to Allodesmus courseni
unclassified
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Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758