Shiriuchi-Machi (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Aomori, Japan (40.4° N, 141.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 140.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Togawa Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• 3.6 +/- 0.5 Ma

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Oishi, H. Fujii, and S. Tagusari. 2001. Pliocene cetaceans from Shiriuchi-machi, Hachinohe City, Northeast Japan (Part 2). Research report of the "Fossil Hachinohe Whales", Hachinohe Children's Science Museum 2:7-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55849: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
subspecies oonogai
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
? Eschrichtiidae indet. Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 gray whale