Nakatani (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (36.3° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 135.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
"Allodesmus" sinanoensis Nagao 1941 pinniped
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea -
Balaenomorpha indet. Geisler and Sanders 2003 whale