Taiki (Miocene to of Japan)

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (42.5° N, 143.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 141.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hikatagawa Formation (Nupinai Group), Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: F. Egashira and M. Kimura. 1998. A new fossil Mysticeti from the Taiki town, Hiroo County, Hokkaido. Nature and Science 111:7-22 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56949: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Provannidae
Provanna sp.1 Dall 1918 snail
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Taikicetus inouei n. gen. n. sp.2
Taikicetus inouei n. gen. n. sp.2 Tanaka et al. 2018 whale