Nakatani (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (36.3° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 135.3° E)
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When: Bessho Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Kohno, H. Koike, and K. Narita. 2007. Outline of fossil marine mammals from the Middle Miocene Bessho and Aoki Formations, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Research Report of the Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum 10:1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 220339: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.05.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Allodesmus" sinanoensis Nagao 1941 pinniped | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Balaenomorpha indet. Geisler and Sanders 2003 whale |