Kanazawa, Pleistocene: Early Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| Mitchell 1968 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Niigata |
| Coordinates: | 38.2° North, 139.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 139.0° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Onma |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine 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: | 101906 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-05 08:34:24 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-05 08:34:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34722. | Y. Kaseno. 1951. Pliocene pinniped remains from Kanazawa, Ishakawa Prefecture, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 2:57-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 16737 | E. D. Mitchell. 1968. The Mio-Pliocene pinniped Imagotaria. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(9):1843-1900 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |