 Reference Base  Rhinocerotid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) fossil from Takas... |
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Murakami, Tatsuro; Miyata, Kazunori; Kato, Takafumi; Nakaya, Hideo, 2012. Rhinocerotid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) fossil from Takashima Island, Nagasaki, Kyusyu, Japan. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012, Chiba, Japan.
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Asia - East Asia - Japan |
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Distribution - Records |
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Mammalian fossil was discovered from Takashima Island, Nagasaki, Kyusyu, Japan. This material consist of six cervicals including axis, eight thoracic vertebrae, three lumbar vertebrae, a sacrum, right ilium, 17 libs, a metacarpal, right tibia, right fibula,
right and left astragali, left calcaneum, right and left naviculars, right ectocuneiform, three right metatarsals, and four phalanges. This character of tibia, astragali, calcaneum, and metatarsals of this materials fossil suggests Family Rhinocerotidae.
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