Noborito: Early Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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Zalophus sp.
Gill 1866
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Osteichthyes
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 139.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 139.2° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: oxidized red and brown clay shales and minor siltstones and sandstones | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Komae City | ||
| Database number: | 38499 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2004-04-22 11:42:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-22 11:42:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28532. | H. Taru and Y. Hasegawa. 2002. The Plio-Pleistocene fossil mammals from the Kasumi and Tama Hills. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 38:43-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 64080 | Y. Kawamura. 1991. Quaternary mammalian faunas in the Japanese Islands. The Quaternary Research 30(2):213-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 29848 | N. Kohno, D. Yakushi, and E. Kobayashi. 2007. Discovery of a skeleton of the Hydrodamalis sea cow from the Lower Pleistocene Iimuro Formation, Koame City, Tokyo, central Japan. Fossils 82:1-2 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |