Mawaki (Holocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (36.9° N, 137.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 137.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Early to Latest Jomon period (about 5000 BP)
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: T. Hiraguchi. 1987. Fossil atlases of dolphins from the Mawaki Site, Noto Peninsula. Nihon kaiiki Kenkyujo hokoku 19:181-206 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 54129: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
"Lagenorhynchus obliquidens" = Sagmatias obliquidens, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Pseudorca crassidens, Grampus griseus, Delphinus delphis, Tursiops truncatus
"Lagenorhynchus obliquidens" = Sagmatias obliquidens Gill 1865 Pacific white-sided dolphin
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 short-finned pilot whale
Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 false killer whale
Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 Risso's dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 common bottlenose dolphin | |