Ohe: Tortonian, 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:Yamagata
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 135.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 134.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Tortonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Tortonian
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hongo
Stratigraphy comments: middle late Miocene
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:76009
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-08 13:32:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-08 13:32:02
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

12148. M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]