Kitakata: Tortonian, 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 | ||||||||||
| undescribed specimen in Figure 1 | ||||||||||
| Tonomori 2022 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukushima |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 139.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 138.0° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Shiotubo |
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: | 227081 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-09-02 13:34:49 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-09-02 13:34:49 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 82512 | W. Tonomori. 2022. First report of Neotherium mandible from the Miocene Shimane, Japan: Review of basal odobenids in the western North Pacific. Historical Biology 34(1):52-61 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |