Nanao, Pliocene: Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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| Oishi and Hasegawa 1995 | 1 specimen | ||||||
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unclassified
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| Kimura 2009 | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Ishikawi |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 137.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.9° North, 136.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sakiyama Siltstone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Formation name from Oishi and Hasegawa (1995). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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
| Also known as: | Sakiyama Peninsula, NS-3 | ||
| Database number: | 53885 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-15 10:29:21 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-15 10:29:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14509. | K. Ohmi. 1986. Three fossil marine mammals from the Neogene of Sakiyama Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, Central Japan. Chikyu kagaku 40(6):449-452 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 33319 | T. Kimura. 2009. Review of the fossil balaenids from Japan with a re-description of Eubalaena shinshuensis (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Quaderni del Museo di Storia Naturale di Livorno 22:3-21 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12148 | M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |