Yanagawa-machi (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Fukushima, Japan (37.9° N, 140.6° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 138.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yanagawa Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Hasegawa and Y. Taketani. 1994. Paleoparadoxia tabatai from Yanagawa-machi, Fukushima Prefecture, Northeastern Japan. Research Report of the Fukushima Museum 30:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75740: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxia tabatai Tokunaga 1939 desmostylian