Ichihara: Middle Pleistocene, Japan

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

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Chiba
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 140.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mandano
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:102176
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-11 03:41:49 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-11 03:41:49
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

34713. Mandano Fossil Research Group. 1987. On a fossil of Otariidae (Mammalia) from the middle Pleistocene Mandano Formation of Ichihara City, Chibu Prefecture, Japan. Chikyu Kagaku 41(6):327-330 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]