Yomitan (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Okinawa, Japan (26.7° N, 127.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 127.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ryukyu Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ? Ryukyu lst.

Environment/lithology: limestone

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 76047: 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