Hofuku-ji River (Miocene of Japan)
Also known as Shiga
Where: Nagano, Japan (36.3° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 135.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: upper Member (Bessho Formation), Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• early middle Miocene
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: K. Hirota and L. G. Barnes. 1995. A new species of Middle Miocene sperm whale of the genus Scaldicetus (Cetacea; Physeteridae) from Shiga-mura, Japan. The Island Arc 3:453-472 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57775: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.12.2005
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Taxonomic list
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Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
"Scaldicetus shigensis n. sp." = Brygmophyseter shigensis, Balaenomorpha indet.
"Scaldicetus shigensis n. sp." = Brygmophyseter shigensis Hirota and Barnes 1995 toothed whale
Balaenomorpha indet. Geisler and Sanders 2003 whale | |