Gobara, Niwaya Formation: Late Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
1 specimen
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:Niwaya
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:75736
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-10-25 13:06:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-25 13:06:00
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]