Yuda (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Iwate, Japan (39.3° N, 140.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 138.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Yuda Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous sandstone
• a bed of tufaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Matsumoto. 1918. A contribution to the morphology, paleobiology and systematic of Desmostylus. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai Japan 3:61-74 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46041: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.12.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Desmostylella typica n. gen. n. sp." = Desmostylus hesperus3, Desmostylus cf. japonicus1, Desmostylus japonicus4
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"Ontocetus oxymycterus" = Albicetus oxymycterus2
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