Mizunami, Shukunohora Fm. (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Gifu, Japan (35.5° N, 137.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 134.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Shukunohora Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• late Burdigalian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Tonomori, H. Sawamura, T. Sato and N. Kohno. 2018. A new Miocene pinniped Allodesmus (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, northern Japan. Royal Society Open Science 5(5):172440 [M. Uhen/E. Holliday/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227082: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.09.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenidae indet. Allen 1880 walrus
 Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxiidae indet.2 Reinhart 1959 desmostylian
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Crenomytilus grayanus1 Dunker 1853 mussel