Where: Yamaguchi, Japan (33.9° N, 130.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 126.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Jinnobaru Formation (ASHIYA Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• late early Oligocene

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Fukata, A. Kameya, Y. Takakuwa and K. Fujii. 2014. Discovery of the teeth remains Parotodus benedeni from the Oligocene Ashiya Group in the Hikoshima Nishiyama Area, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Yamaguchi Museum 40:9-20 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204345: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.09.2019

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