Also known as Kita-ku, Kita

Where: Japan (34.8° N, 135.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 129.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yokawa Formation (Kobe Group), Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)

• latest Middle or Late Eocene

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 183064: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2016

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