Hanawa (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Fukushima, Japan (36.9° N, 140.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 137.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kubota Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithology not reported
• open marine conditions, roughly 100m in depth
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Kimura. 1988. Discovery of Balaenoptera cf. borealis from the Middle Miocene in the Fukushima Prefecture. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 94(10):783-784 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55660: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Balaenoptera cf. borealis Lesson 1828 sei whale | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Crassostrea gravitesta oyster | |
"Macoma incongrua" = Macoma (Macoma) incongrua
"Macoma incongrua" = Macoma (Macoma) incongrua Martens 1865 tellin clam | |