Uryu coal mine (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Hokkaido, Japan (44.0° N, 141.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 139.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Horoshin Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
• sandstone and conglomerate bed
Primary reference: T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91509: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914 desmostylian | |