Asakawa River (Pleistocene of Japan)
Where: Japan (35.6° N, 139.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 139.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hirayama Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 79697: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
? Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl | |
Phoebastria cf. albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross | |
Mammalia | |
Stegodon aurorae elephant | |
Pinnipedia indet. pinniped | |
Otariidae indet. eared seal
Zalophus sp. Gill 1866 California sea lion | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
? Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer |