Nishikurosawa: Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxia tabatai (Tokunaga 1939)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Akita
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 139.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.7° North, 137.1° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nishikurosawa
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:186479
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-22 17:27:56 Last modified:2021-10-29 09:02:49
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-22 17:27:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62392. N. Inuzuka, H. Sawamura, and H. Watabe. 2006. Paleoparadoxia and the Nishikurosawa specimen from Oga, Akita, northern Japan. Annual Report of the Akita Prefectural Museum 31:1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]