Where: Japan (34.4° N, 132.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 132.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Saijo Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Fission track ages of 0.60 ± 0.13 Ma from Seigachi pumice layer (probably just below the fossiliferous units).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified peat

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Hayashi, K. Yahiro, and E. Kitabayashi. 2008. Middle Pleistocene fossil insects from the Saijo Formation of Higashi-hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 34:89-93 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165708: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2015

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