Kuromatsunai (Pleistocene of Japan)
Where: Hokkaido, Japan (42.7° N, 140.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 139.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Setana Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithology not reported
• cold water, neritic
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76002: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Orcinus sp. Fitzinger 1860 killer whale | |
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Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |