Yakushi: Burdigalian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Platanistoidea indet.
Simpson 1945
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1 individual | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Gifu | County: | Mizunami |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 137.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 134.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mizunami | Formation: | Akeyo | Member: | Yamanouchi Siltsone |
| Stratigraphy comments: upper Lower Miocene; possibly from the Yamanouchi Siltstone Member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular calcareous siltstone |
| Lithology description: calcareous nodule weathered out of the Akeyo Formation... within the bed of the Toki River | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90862 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-08-20 07:16:25 | Last modified: | 2009-08-20 10:16:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-20 07:16:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30562. | T. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, and Y. Okumura. 2009. Early Miocene platanistoid form the Mizunami Group, Central Japan. Paleontological Research 13(2):167-171 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |