Lake Shinji, south: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| "cetothere" sense lato | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Shimane |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 133.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 130.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Omori |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
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: | 175454 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-12 11:38:29 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-12 11:38:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57372. | T. Kimura, S. Kawano, Y. Hasegawa and H. Furakawa. 2015. A mysticete fossil from the Middle Miocene Omori Formation, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 19:49-53 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |