Saijo River, Nakabara District: Burdigalian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
1 specimen
Kimura et al. 2011 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hiroshima Prefecture County:Shobara
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 133.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 130.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bihoku Formation:Korematsu
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:278392
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2026-03-19 11:39:23 Last modified:2026-03-19 11:39:23
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:

94349. Y. Tanaka, T. Yamaoka, H. Ohzawa and T. Kiyoshi. 2020. A short note of a possible toothed whale humerus from the Korematsu Formation, Bihoku Group (lower to middle Miocene) in Shobara, Hiroshima, Japan. Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History 62(12):1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

42998 T. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, and H. Ohzawa, T., Yamaoka, T. Ueda, T. Kiyoshi, Y. Furukawa, and M. Sugihara. 2011. An additional fossil mysticete form the Middle Bihoku Group, Hiroshima, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 15:81-92 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]