Hombetsu: Early Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 144.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 143.2° 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
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 65242 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-20 11:20:49 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-20 11:20:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18823. | H. Furusawa and M. Kimura. 1995. Sirenian fossils (Hydrodamalis) from early Pliocene of Hombetsu and early Pleistocene of Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido. Chikyu Kagaku 49:298-301 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |