Hamada, San-in, Pleistocene (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.9° N, 132.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 131.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• 30760 ybp

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Hoshimi and S. Akagi. 1989. Discovery of two skulls of the walrus from the off San-in. Journal of Fossil Research 22(6):6 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102047: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus sp. Brisson 1762 walrus