Gobara, Haraichi Formation: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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"Cetotheriidae" indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera sp.
Lacépède 1804
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeteridae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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Kentriodontidae indet.
Slijper 1936
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Gunma |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 138.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° North, 136.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Haraichi |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75733 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-25 12:55:42 | Last modified: | 2019-11-20 12:18:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-25 12:55:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25594. | T. Kimura, Y. Takakuwa, and Y. Hasegawa. 2003. Cetacean fossils in the Nakajima collection. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7:19-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |