Niigata-shi: Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Niigata |
| Coordinates: | 37.9° North, 139.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 138.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kawazume |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
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: | 102980 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-21 04:27:15 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-21 04:27:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16986. | S. Miyazaki, H. Horikawa, N. Kohno, K. Hirota, M. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Tomida, L. G. Barnes, and C. E. Ray. 1995. Summary of the fossil record of pinnipeds of Japan, and comparisons with that from the eastern North Pacific. The Island Arc 3:361-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |