Shobara City, Locality A: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
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, 130.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Langhian
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Itabashi
Stratigraphy comments: Age after Tanaka et al 2026
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:278393
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2026-03-19 12:44:12 Last modified:2026-03-19 12:44:12
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:

94351. H. Ohzawa and T. Yamaoka. 2003. Fossils of mandibles of whales from the Miocene Bihoku Group, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Journal of the Hiba Society of Natural History 211:33-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]