Kanazawa (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Ishikawa, Japan (36.5° N, 136.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 133.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Saikawa Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa. 2004. An outline of the Miocene cetotheres of Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 8:79-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56953: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet. Brandt 1872 whale