Ogano (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Saitama, Japan (36.0° N, 139.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 136.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Nagura Formation (Chichibumachi Group), Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithology not reported

• shallow, tropical, reef

Size class: macrofossils

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 56955: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Parietobalaena sp. Kellogg 1924 whale