Also known as Tayasawa

Where: Akita, Japan (41.1° N, 140.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 140.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Shibikawa Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• type locality of the Shibikawa Formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Shikama and T. Takayasu. 1971. Fossil mammals from the Shibikawa Formation in Oga Pen insula, Akita Prefecture. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University Section II(18):43-47 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102049: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.01.2011

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