Yashima, Funakawa Fm. (Miocene of Japan)
Where: Akita, Japan (39.2° N, 140.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 138.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Funakawa Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported
• cold water, benthic
Size class: macrofossils
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 76008: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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| Mammalia | |
""Megaptera" aff. miocaena" = Norrisanima miocaena
""Megaptera" aff. miocaena" = Norrisanima miocaena Kellogg 1922 whale | |