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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Metasqualodon symmetricus Okazaki 1982 whale |