Gobara, Haratajino Formation: Late Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
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| 4 specimens | |||||||
| 3 specimens | |||||||
| 1 specimen | |||||||
| 2 specimens | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Gunma |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 138.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 137.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Haratajino |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | slope |
| Geology comments: outer sublittoral to middle bathyal | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75734 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-25 13:00:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2008-01-25 13:00:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25594. | T. Kimura, Y. Takakuwa, and Y. Hasegawa. 2003. Cetacean fossils in the Nakajima collection. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7:19-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |