Hombetsu: Early Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae
see common names

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]