Also known as Uryū; Uryu-gun; Numatacho
Where: Japan (43.7° N, 141.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 137.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Uryu Group, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)
• Showa Fm. or Itarakao-mappu Fm.; late Middle or Late Eocene
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. Miyata, Y. Tomida, K. C. Beard, G. F. Gunnell, H. Ugai and K. Hirose. 2011. Eocene mammals from the Akasaki and Nakakoshiki formations, western Kyushu, Japan: Preliminary work and correlation with Asian Land Mammal Ages. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(1):53-68 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 183024: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Amynodon watanabei Tokunaga 1926 odd-toed ungulate |