Tomigusuku (Miocene to of Japan)

Also known as Tomigusuku-mura; Tomigusukumura

Where: Okinawa, Japan (26.2° N, 127.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 126.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Shimajiri Group, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Kuga. 1985. Revision of Neogene Mackerel Shark of Genus Isurus from Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciencem Kyoto University, Series of Geology & Mineralogy 51(1&2):1-20 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204344: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Uyenoa benedeni" = Parotodus benedenii
"Uyenoa benedeni" = Parotodus benedenii Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark