Oda coast (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Shimane, Japan (35.3° N, 132.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 129.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Fujina Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• It is thought that the present specimen came from the Fujina Formation (approximately 14 Ma).

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy mudstone

• well-rounded floating cobble composed of a blue-grey sandy mudstone with shell fragments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Tonomori, S. Kawano, K. Otsua and H. Hayashi. 2021. Report of an allodesmine humerus from Shimane, Japan: summary of Japanese allodesmines. Historical Biology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220319: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Allodesminae indet. Kellogg 1931 pinniped