Taho Limestone, Taho, Shirokawacho, Higashiuwagun (Triassic to of Japan)

Where: Ehime, Japan (33.4° N, 132.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 108.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Taho Limestone Formation, Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Scythian, Lower Triassic

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mr. S. Utsunomiya & Dr. T. Koike

• Repository: Tsurumi University

Primary reference: M. Goto, T. Uyeno, and Y. Yabumoto. 1996. Summary of Mesozoic elasmobranch remains from Japan. In G. Arratia & G. Viohl (ed.), Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and Paleoecology 1:73-82 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148619: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 23.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus minimus Agassiz 1939 elasmobranch