Minamichita: Burdigalian, 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:Aichi
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 136.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 134.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Burdigalian
Age range of interval: 20.45 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Morzaki
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: late early Miocene
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:76040
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-09 07:09:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-09 07:09:01
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]