Also known as Nikaho

Where: Akita, Japan (39.2° N, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 139.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kisagata shell bed Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. Nishiwaki and Y. Hasegawa. 1969. The discovery of the right whale skull in the Kisagata shell bed. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute 21:79-84 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56380: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2005

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