Also known as Shimonoseki

Where: Yamaguchi, Japan (34.0° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 127.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Orio Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Orio Sandstone Bed

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Olson and Y. Hasegawa. 1996. A new genus and two new species of gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):742-751 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127382: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.05.2012

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