Kan-nose River: Burdigalian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
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| Otsuka 2008 | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Hiroshima | County: | Kimita |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 132.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 130.5° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Nishiirikimi; Miyoshi City | ||
| Database number: | 81034 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-05-27 07:29:04 | Last modified: | 2026-03-17 11:47:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-05-27 07:29:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27261. | H. Otsuka and Y. Ota. 2008. Cetotheres from the early Middle Miocene Bihoku Group in Shobara District, Hiroshima Prefecture, West Japan. Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History 49(2):1-66 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 31576 | H. Otsuka. 2008. Middle Miocene cetacean fossils form Kimita district Hiroshima Prefecture, West Japan. Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History 49(2):67-75 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 94329 | Y. Tanaka, T. Yamaoka, H. Ohzawa and T. Kiyoshi. 2026. A short report of the first record of an Odontoceti (toothed whale) from the Korematsu Formation, Bihoku Group (latest Early to earliest Middle Miocene) in Japan. Paleontological Research 30(1389):17-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |