Okoppe: Neogene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 44.5° North, 143.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 140.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval: Neogene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: exact horizon being uncertain
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:101825
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-04 02:23:19 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-04 02:23:19
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
34622. T. Nagao. 1937. A new occurrence of a small Desmostylus tooth in Hokkaido. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo 13(4):110-113 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

34619 H. Horikawa, L. G. Barnes, S. Miyazaki and S. Kobayashi. 1992. A primitive odobenine walrus from Pliocene deposits of Japan. International Geological Congress 29:352 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]