Boso Peninsula (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.9° N, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 139.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Na-arai Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

• basal conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: N. Kohno. 2002. A large mesorostral beaked whale (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from the Pliocene Na-arai Formation on the Boso Peninsula, Central Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 38:27-32 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48094: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon tumidirostris Miyazaki and Hasegawa 1992 beaked whale