Where: Japan (33.1° N, 130.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 124.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Komenoyama Fm, which conformably overlies the Ginsui Fm (Middle Eocene), and is conformably overlain by the Toka Fm (Middle Eocene). THICKNESS: From bed within formation of group that attains a thickness of ~50 m. AGE: Middle Eocene, based on molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

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 71019: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.04.2007, edited by Mark Uhen

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