Nakaya (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Shimane, Japan (35.4° N, 133.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 130.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Hata Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone
• fine sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
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 52002: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
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Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |