Where: Japan (32.7° N, 129.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 123.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Futagojima Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Futagojima Fm, which overlies the Koyagi Fm, and underlies the Hashima Fm. THICKNESS: From bed within lower part of formation that attains a thickness of 320 m. AGE: Middle Eocene, based on molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed near base of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTOR: A. Mizuno (c. 1964). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, unknown.

Primary reference: A. Mizuno. 1964. Paleogene and Early Neogene molluscan faunae in West Japan. Geological Survey of Japan Report 204 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70968: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.04.2007

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