Haboro, Langhian (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (44.4° N, 141.7° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 140.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: H. Ichishima and M. Kimura. 2005. Harborophocoena toyoshimai, a anew early Pliocene porpoise (Cetacea, Phocoenidae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):655-664 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59667: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.04.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Atopotarus sp. Downs 1956 pinniped
[entered as Atopotaurus sp.]