Saijo River, Nakabara District: Burdigalian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
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| 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 |
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] |