Also known as Komae City
Where: Japan (35.6° N, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 139.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Iimuro Formation (Kazusa Group), Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: H. Taru and Y. Hasegawa. 2002. The Plio-Pleistocene fossil mammals from the Kasumi and Tama Hills. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 38:43-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 38499: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Stenella sp. Gray 1866 dolphin | |
Eumetopias sp. Gill 1866 Steller sea lion
Zalophus sp. Gill 1866 California sea lion | |
Hydrodamalis sp. Retzius 1794 Steller's sea cow |