Where: Shizuoka, Japan (34.8° N, 138.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 137.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dainichi Formation (Kakegawa Group), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• about 2.1 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: T. Shinamura, M. Oishi, and M. Shiba. 2008. Fragmental mandibles of mysticete cetaceans from the Upper Pliocene of Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Central Japan. Scientific Reports of the Museum of Tokai University 9:1-9 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 98241: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird |