Shobara, Itahashi Formation (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Hiroshima, Japan (34.9° N, 133.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 130.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Itahashi Formation (Bihoku Group), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C.-H. Tsai. 2017. A Miocene breeding ground of an extinct baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti). PeerJ 5:e3711 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 133497: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Parietobalaena cf. yamaokai2 Otsuka and Ota 2008 whale
Parietobalaena yamaokai1 Otsuka and Ota 2008 whale