Ohe, Tomioka Fm.: Piacenzian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
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| 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] |