Namerikawa (Miocene of Japan)
Also known as Minowa
Where: Toyama, Japan (36.7° N, 137.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 134.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tsubono Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Kaneko and N. Inuzuka. 1992. Desmostylian fossils from the Yatsuo Group in Toyama Prefecture, Central Japan and their paleoenvironments. Chikyu Kagaku = Earth Science 46(2):153-164 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 118942: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.10.2011
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Mammalia | |
Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914 desmostylian |