Dogama (Miocene of Japan)

Also known as Sohama beach, Ogi

Where: Japan (37.8° N, 138.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 135.6° E)

When: Tsurushi Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• early Middle, N10-N11 of Blow.

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; carbonate

• calcareous nodule

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. Takahashi, M. Nomura, and I. Kobayashi. 1989. A fossil cetacean skull (Berardius sp. indet.) from Dogama, Ogi-machi, Sado Island, Central Japan. Chikyu Kagaku 43(2):102-105 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56305: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Protozoa
 Spumellaria -
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
Allodesmus kernensis1 Kellogg 1922 pinniped
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet.3 Gray 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet.2 Gray 1821 dolphin