Wakamatsu (Oligocene of Japan)
Where: Fukuoka, Japan (33.9° N, 130.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 127.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Ashiya Group, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Y. Okazaki. 1987. Additional materials of Metasqualodon symmetricus (Cetacea: Mammalia) from the Oligocene Ashiya Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 7:133-138 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45834: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.12.2004
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
? Patriocetus sp. Abel 1914 toothed whale This specimen was reported in Matsumoto (1923), but there was no pictures or illustrations. The original specimen was already lost.
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Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873 toothed whale | |
Metasqualodon symmetricus Okazaki 1982 whale | |
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Aves | |
Plotopteridae indet. Howard 1969 bird |