Where: Fukuoka, Japan (34.0° N, 130.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 127.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Waita Formation (Ashiya Group), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Y. Okazaki. 1987. Additional materials of Metasqualodon symmetricus (Cetacea: Mammalia) from the Oligocene Ashiya Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 7:133-138 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45833: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.12.2004

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