Ushigasawa (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Akita, Japan (39.2° N, 140.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 137.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Sugota Formation (Ogashima Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Sugota bed of Ogashima Group
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 91521: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.09.2009
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Mammalia | |
Desmostylus japonicus Tokunaga and Iwasaki 1914 desmostylian |