Izumozaki (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Niigata, Japan (37.5° N, 138.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 138.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Uonuma Group, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 76035: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale