Emperor Seamounts/Midway Island trawl 1: Neogene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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| 2 specimens | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 172.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Altitude: | -720 meters |
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
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: | 175464 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-12 19:07:49 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-12 19:07:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57376. | N. Miyazaki and Y. Hasegawa. 1992. A new species of fossil beaked whale, Mesoplodon tumidirostris sp. nov. (Cetacea, Ziphiidae) from the central North Pacific. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A 18(4):167-174 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |