Teshio: Gelasian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Eschrichtiidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 44.9° North, 141.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° North, 141.3° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Gelasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yuchi | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: most likely latest Pliocene (when the Gelasian was included in the Pliocene) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fine sandstone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: shallow marine | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58868 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-27 11:23:47 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2006-05-27 11:23:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16696. | H. Ichishima, E. Sato, T. Sagayama and M. Kimura. 2006. the oldest record of Eschrichtiidae (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Late Pliocene, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Paleontology 80(2):367-379 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |