Toyohira River: Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
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| 2 specimens | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 141.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° North, 141.0° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
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: | 240898 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2025-05-27 09:11:51 | Last modified: | 2025-05-27 09:11:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2025-05-27 09:11:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 92153. | H. Fujisawa. 2007. Sirenian fossils. A comprehensive survey of mammal fossils from Sapporo 60-68 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |