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

Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
? Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825 waterfowl
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Phoebastria cf. albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Carnivora -
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet. eared seal
Zalophus sp. Gill 1866 California sea lion
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
? Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer