Where: Miyagi, Japan (38.5° N, 141.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 138.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ajiri Formation (Natori Group), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• late early Miocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91519: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.09.2009

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