Maneami (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (37.2° N, 137.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 134.3° E)
When: Calcareous Sandstone Member (Maneami Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• 14 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; carbonaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Inuzuka and H. Karasawa. 1986. Some fossils of Paleoparadoxia from Miocene calcareous sandstones on the Noto Peninsula, central Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 40:294-300 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 171614: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.07.2015
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Mammalia | |
Paleoparadoxia sp. Reinhart 1959 desmostylian |