Nopporo Hills, Kitahiroshima fauna (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (43.1° N, 141.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 141.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Shimonopporo Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• early Pleistocene; Late Pleistocene age after Furusawa (2005).

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Kimura, T. Tonosaki, M. Akamatsu, Y. Kitagawa, M. Yoshida and T. Kamei. 1983. Occurrences of early-middle Pleistocene mammalian fossils from the Nopporo Hills in the Ishikari Lowland, Hokkaido. Chikyu Kagaku 37(3):162-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56376: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

• Kitahiroshima Fauna
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Hydrodamalis sp. Retzius 1794 Steller's sea cow
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus sp. Brisson 1762 walrus
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale