Kabura River: Tortonian, 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:Gunma County:Takasaki
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 139.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 137.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Tortonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Tortonian
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 11.3 to 11.0 Ma (other)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Annaka Formation:Haraichi
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: earliest late Miocene

The Haraichi Formation is bracketed by the underlying Baba and the overlying Kamikoizawa tuffs [140]. 40Ar/39Ar dating places the Baba Tuff at 11.3 Ma [141]. The Kamikoizawa Tuff has not yet been dated directly, but an earliest late Tortonian age (less than 11.0 Ma) has been suggested on the basis of sedimentation rates [142]. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: upper bathyal, benthic
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Yoshii
Database number:97324
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-07-23 13:43:21 Last modified:2025-11-11 07:43:42
Access level:database members Released:2010-10-23 13:43:21
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

33200. T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa. 2010. A new baleen whale (Mysticeti: Cetotheriidae) from the earliest late Miocene of Japan and a reconsideration of the phylogeny of cetotheres. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):577-591 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

55050 F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2:140434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]