Where: Japan (39.8° N, 140.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 139.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NN16 nannofossil zone, Tentokuji Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Akita Fm, which overlie the Funakawa Fm, and is overlain by the Sasaoka Fm. AGE: Middle Pliocene, on the basis of foraminiferal and calcareous nanofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the "upper" member of the formation, near the top of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siltstone and poorly lithified, medium-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTORS: Not stated in text, but presumably including K. Amano et al. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. Possibly Joetsu University or Akita University.

Primary reference: K. Amano, M. Suzuki, and T. Sato. 2000. Warm-water influx into Japan Sea in the middle Pliocene - Molluscan faunas from the Tentokuji FOrmation around Mt. Taihei in Akita Prefecture. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 106(4):299-306 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97080: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2010

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