Minobusan (Miocene to of Japan)

Also known as Minobu

Where: Japan (35.4° N, 138.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 135.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yamanouchi Formation (Mizunami Group), Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: Y. Okazaki. 1976. Miocene long-snouted porpoises from the Mizunami Group, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Musuem 3:25-39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51108: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Eurhinodelphis minoensis n. sp. Okazaki 1976 toothed whale