Oarai: Piacenzian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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aff. Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson 1828
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Ibaraki |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 140.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 140.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: early late Pliocene |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76014 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-08 14:03:38 | Last modified: | 2007-11-08 16:03:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-08 14:03:38 |
| 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] |