Shiriuchi-Machi (Pliocene of Japan)
Where: Aomori, Japan (40.4° N, 141.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 40.3° N, 140.4° E (Wright 2013)
• 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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria oonogai softshell clam | |
Mammalia | |
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
? Eschrichtiidae indet. Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 gray whale | |
Bivalvia | |
Mercenaria stempsoni quahog | |
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam | |
Clinocardium (Keenocardium) californiense Deshayes 1839 cockle | |
Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) cf. yessoensis Jay 1857 scallop | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Neohaustator nipponica turret shell |