Tatsumi-oji-Cho: Holocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| or Balaenoptera musculus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 135.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 5000 YBP (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Namba | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle Miocene; del Rio (2004) states that Puerto Madryn Formation is early late Miocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: clay | |
| 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
| Also known as: | Tatsumi-nishi, Tatsumi-naka | ||
| Database number: | 235097 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2024-06-03 07:07:09 | Last modified: | 2025-04-29 07:12:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-06-03 07:07:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 88555. | Y. Tanaka and H. Taruno. 2024. Remains of a fin whale from Osaka, Japan, and comparison of baleen whale cases in the past and present of Osaka Bay (the Seto Inland Sea). Mammal Study 49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 91906 | Y. Tanaka and H. Taruno. 2025. Two new materials of whale remains from the Holocene (Quaternary) of Osaka, Japan: Filling the age of lacking reports on Holocene baleen whales from Japan. Mammal Study 50(3) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |