The Yushima Formation, also known as the Tatsunokuchi Formation, is a
palaeontological
Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossi ...
formation located in
Japan. It dates to the
Lower Pliocene
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*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
period.
See also
*
List of fossil sites
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of t ...
Further reading
* (1993); ''Wildlife of Gondwana''. Reed.
Geologic formations of Japan
Neogene System of Asia
Neogene Japan
Pliocene Series
Pliocene paleontological sites
Paleontology in Japan
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