Mito, Pliocene (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Ibaraki, Japan (36.4° N, 140.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 139.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76013: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kogiidae
Kogia prisca pygmy sperm whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 Risso's dolphin