Where: Nagano, Japan (36.6° N, 138.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.4° N, 137.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Joshita Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: N. Kohno, K. Narita, and H. Koike. 1998. An early Pliocene odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Joshita Formation, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Shinshūshinmachi kaseki hakubutsukan kenkyū hōkoku 1:1-7 [M. Uhen/N. Labell/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 156221: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Shaun Mahmood on 12.05.2014, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
"Alachtherium sp." = Ontocetus
"Alachtherium sp." = Ontocetus Leidy 1859 walrus | |
Stegodon shinshuensis elephant |