Hofuku-ji River: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
Kohno et al. 2007
1 specimen
Kohno et al. 2007
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Nagano County:Higashi-chikuma
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 138.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° North, 135.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
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:Bessho Member:upper
Stratigraphy comments: early middle Miocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Shiga
Database number:57775
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-12-22 08:12:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-12-22 08:12:44
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

15537. K. Hirota and L. G. Barnes. 1995. A new species of Middle Miocene sperm whale of the genus Scaldicetus (Cetacea; Physeteridae) from Shiga-mura, Japan. The Island Arc 3:453-472 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

76975 N. Kohno, H. Koike, and K. Narita. 2007. Outline of fossil marine mammals from the Middle Miocene Bessho and Aoki Formations, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Research Report of the Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum 10:1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]