Futtsu, Nagahama Fm. (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Chiba, Japan (35.1° N, 140.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 139.9° E)

When: Nagahama Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

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 76021: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcinus sp. Fitzinger 1860 killer whale