Amakusa area, Kumamoto (general) (Eocene to of Japan)

Where: Japan (32.5° N, 130.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 123.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Akasaki Formation (Miroku Group), Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 37.2 Ma)

• late Early and/or early Middle Eocene

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Miyata, Y. Tomida, K. C. Beard, G. F. Gunnell, H. Ugai and K. Hirose. 2011. Eocene mammals from the Akasaki and Nakakoshiki formations, western Kyushu, Japan: Preliminary work and correlation with Asian Land Mammal Ages. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(1):53-68 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183077: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus "sp. nov. A" Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Perissodactyla -
Isectolophus "sp. nov." Scott and Osborn 1887 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla -
Dichobunoidea "Gen. et sp. nov. A (large)" Gill 1872 even-toed ungulate
Dichobunoidea "Gen. et sp. nov. B (small)" Gill 1872 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia -
 Primates - Sivaladapidae
Sivaladapidae "Gen. et sp. nov." Thomas and Verma 1979 primate