Atsusabu: Early/Lower Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 41.9° North, 140.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.6° North, 139.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Atsusabu
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:76001
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:C. Peredo Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-08 10:56:21 Last modified:2014-03-05 08:51:47
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-08 10:56:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12148. 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]