Also known as G4, Locality 19

Where: Yamaguchi, Japan (34.0° N, 130.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 127.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ashiya Group, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• No stratigraphic data available as manuscript is in Japanese.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; medium-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,

• No collection data available as manuscript is in Japanese. Material is reposited in the Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, and in Shimonoseki City Archaeological Museum, Shimonoseki.

Primary reference: K. Okamoto and T. Sakai. 1995. Sedimentary facies and fossil molluscs of the Oligocene Ashiya Group in the Hikoshima Takenokojim and Nishiyama area, Shimonoseki City, Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 22:19-50 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51454: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.06.2005

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