Ohe, Tomioka Fm.: Piacenzian, 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: 39.2° North, 139.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.1° North, 139.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Piacenzian
Age range of interval: 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tomioka
Stratigraphy comments: late early to early late Pliocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: 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:76010
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-08 13:33:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:database members Released:2008-02-08 13:33:34
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]