Anan (Miocene to of Japan)

Where: Nagano, Japan (33.9° N, 134.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 131.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tomikusa Group, Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

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 76031: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale