Shiretoko: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Berardius bairdii Stejneger 1883
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885
Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Phocoenoides dalli (True 1885)
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus 1758)
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill 1865
recombined as Sagmatias obliquidens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena glacialis Muller 1776
recombined as Eubalaena glacialis
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera novaeangliae (Brisson 1762)
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758)
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 141.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.3° North, 141.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:82088
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-22 09:58:32 Last modified:2008-07-22 12:58:32
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-22 09:58:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27682. Y. Uni. 2006. Whales, dorphines [dolphins] and porpoises off Shiretoko. Bulletin of the Shiretoko Museum 27:37-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]