Also known as USGS M-143

Where: Ryukyu, Japan (24.4° N, 124.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 123.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bunera Clay Member (Nagura Gravel Formation), Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• The Bunera Clay member of the Nagura Gravel is generally overlain by Pleistocene gravel deposits and may rest unconformably on schist. The clay's thickness is unknown, though is less than 5 m at its type section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, gray, blue, silty, sandy, calcareous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collections probably reposited in USGS and USNM. Identified by J.P.E. Morrison (USNM)

Primary reference: H. L. Foster. 1965. Geology of Ishigaki-shima Ryukyu-retto. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 399(A):1-119 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41602: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2004

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