Sakai City: 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 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Osaka |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 135.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Namba | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Namba Formation?; not older than about 2000 B.P. |
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: | 240692 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2025-05-15 12:21:12 | Last modified: | 2025-05-15 12:21:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2025-05-15 12:21:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 92044. | Y. Tanaka and H. Taruno. 2023. On a humpback whale bone from the underground in Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. Nature Study 69(1):7-10 [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] |