Okinawa: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 26.7° North, 128.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shimajiri
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: neritic to upper bathyal, tropical to subtropical
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:76046
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-11-09 07:48:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:database members Released:2008-02-09 07:48:37
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]