Also known as T. miensis type site

Where: Mie, Japan (34.8° N, 136.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 135.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kameyama Formation (Agé Group), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• derivation from lower part of the Kameyama Formation is probable but not certain. Horizon considered to be the Stegodon elephantoides zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, gray, blue siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1971

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: Y. Okazaki and S. Yoshida. 1977. On a new fossil Trionyx from the Pliocene Age Group, Mie Prefecture, West Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 4:87-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34496: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.09.2003

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