Shinazawa sandstone quarry, middlle layer: Piacenzian, 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 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Yamagata | County: | Shonai |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 140.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.6° North, 139.4° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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
| Also known as: | Tachikawa | ||
| Database number: | 229986 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-04-21 14:27:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-04-21 14:27:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5916. | Y. Tanaka, K. Nagasawa, and S. Oba. 2023. A new fossil rorqual aff. Balaenoptera bertae specimen from the Shinazawa Formation (late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene), Yamagata, Japan. Palaeontological Research 27(3):324-332 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 5942 | K. Nagasawa, S. Oba, and R. Abe. 2003. Vertebrate fossils from the Shinazawa Formation at Tachikawa Town, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Applied Geology of Yamagata 23:55-64 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |