Gito: Late Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
1
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 133.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 132.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Furue
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:51973
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-07-07 13:29:16 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-07-07 13:29:16
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

13708. K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]