Sanyama (Miocene of Japan)
Also known as Kogane, Koganezawa
Where: Saitama, Japan (35.8° N, 140.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 137.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tomita Member (Ushikubitoge Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• 19 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Saegusa. 2002. A partial skeleton of Paleoparadoxia from San-yama, Ogano-cho, Saitama Prefecture, central Japan. Nature and Human Activities 7:1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91601: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
Paleoparadoxia sp. Reinhart 1959 desmostylian |