Takikawa: Early Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Sirenia
1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Furusawa and Kimura 1982
Furusawa 2005 2 specimens
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
Oishi and Hasegawa 1995 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Oishi and Hasegawa 1995 1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Oishi and Hasegawa 1995 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 142.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 141.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal 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:56358
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-17 10:29:36 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-17 10:29:36
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

15183. H. Furusawa. 1984. Discovery of a juvenile sirenian rib from the lower Pliocene in the Sorachi River, Takikawa city, Hokkaido. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 90(5):345-347 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

70357 H. Furusawa. 2005. Evolution of the North Pacific Sirenia (Hydrodamalinae) and their paleoenvironment. Fossils 77:29-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
18826 H. Furusawa and M. Kimura. 1982. Discovery of new species of Sirenia from the lower Pliocene in the Sorachi River, Takikawa city, Hokkaido. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 88:849-852 [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]