Also known as MFM 54, Kohazama, MFM 49, Togari

Where: Gifu, Japan (35.5° N, 137.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 134.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yananouchi Member (Akeyo Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• these deposits correlate approximately with the Hemingfordian NALMA or the early "Temblor" molluscan stage; approximately correlative with the Astoria Formation of Oregon, som 15 to 18 million years old, and are thus somewhat younger than the Pyramid Hill Sand (Olson and Hasegawa, 1985)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: N. Kohno. 1992. An Early Miocene enaliarctine pinniped (Carnivora: Otariidae) fro the western North Pacific. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 19:273-292 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80280: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.04.2008

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