Shobara City, Locality A: Langhian, 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 | |||||||
| 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] |