Yomitan: Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Okinawa |
| Coordinates: | 26.7° North, 127.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ryukyu | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: ? Ryukyu lst. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76047 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-09 07:51:23 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-09 07:51:23 |
| 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] |