Iwaki, north (Oligocene of Japan)

Where: Fukushima, Japan (37.1° N, 140.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 137.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Iwaki Formation (Shiramizu Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• lower Oligocene

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Matsuoka, Y. Koda, K. Ono and Y. Hasegawa. 2003. Pseudodontorn fossils from Japan, with preliminary observations on the maxilla specimen from the Lower Oligocene Iwaki Formation, Fukushima, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7:47-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124785: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird