Tokai, Chita Peninsula (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.0° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 134.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Morozaki Group, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Masatoshi. 1987. Asteroids from the Miocene of Tokai. Publication of the Tokai Fossil Society 31:1-23 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109709: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 23.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Forcipulatida - Brisingidae
Brisingella sp. Fisher 1917 sea star