Kitakyushu (Oligocene of Japan)

Where: Fukuoka, Japan (33.9° N, 130.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 127.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yamaga Formation (Ashiya Group), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithology not reported

• outer shelf to shoreface, strong tidal changes

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 76045: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• JA: probably the same as collection 45835 (Ainoshima Island)

•Pelagornithidae definitely from the Yamaga Formation, Cetacea may be from another formation in the Ashiya Group.

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Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet.
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet.
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Aetiocetidae indet., ? Aetiocetus sp.
Aetiocetidae indet. Emlong 1966 whale
? Aetiocetus sp. Emlong 1966 whale