Jakuzan (Miocene of Japan)
Also known as Yumachi
Where: Japan (35.4° N, 133.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 131.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fujina Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; blue siltstone
• blu-ash colored siltstone
Primary reference: K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 52001: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharhinus pristis requiem shark | |
Mammalia | |
Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914 desmostylian | |
Pinnipedia indet. pinniped |