Motomachi: Holocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Delphinidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 139.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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: 4832 ± 57 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Jomon (5500 - 5000 ya)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,anthropogenic
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Database number:239735
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2025-03-27 12:43:00 Last modified:2025-03-27 12:43:00
Access level:the public Released:2025-03-27 12:43:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

90964. T. Kishida, K. Sawada, S. Namigata, T. Takabatake, M. Suzuki, N. Takezoe, T. Yamamoto, T. Nakanishi, and H. Kitagawa. 2025. Hidden population turnover of small odontocetes in the northwestern North Pacific during the Holocene. Biology Letters 21(1):1-10 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]