Northern Hokkaido, Wakkanai Formation (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Hokkaido, Japan (45.3° N, 141.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 140.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Wakkanai Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Primary reference: M. Murakami, C. Shimada, and Y. Hikida. 2007. Some delphinoids (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the upper Miocene through the upper Pliocene of Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):122A [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 75487: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Delphinida indet. Muizon 1984 toothed whale | |
"Phocaenidae indet." = Phocoenidae
"Phocaenidae indet." = Phocoenidae Gray 1825 porpoise | |