Sea of Okhotsk: Late Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 144.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 143.3° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 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: | 75731 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-25 12:21:20 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-25 12:21:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25590. | S. Miyazaki, M. Kimura, and H. Ishiguri. 1992. On a Pliocene walrus (Odobenus sp.) discovered in the northern Pacific Ocean. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 98(8):723-740 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |