Kanazawa, Pleistocene (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Niigata, Japan (38.2° N, 139.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 139.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Onma Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Kaseno. 1951. Pliocene pinniped remains from Kanazawa, Ishakawa Prefecture, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 2:57-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 101906: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Eumetopias sp. Gill 1866 Steller sea lion