Kimitsu (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Chiba, Japan (35.3° N, 140.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 139.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ichijiku Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Kimura, Y. Takakuwa, and K. Yoshida. 2012. A fossil delphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) form the Pleistocene Ichijiku Formation, Kazusa Group, Chiba, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 16:71-76 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 133432: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
aff. Tursiops sp. Gervais 1855 dolphin