Oiso Beach (Holocene of Japan)

Also known as Sagami Bay

Where: Honshu, Japan (35.1° N, 139.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 139.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Primary reference: P. Hershkovitz. 1966. Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin 246:1-259 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 86916: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
"Mesoplodon densirostris n. sp." = Mesoplodon ginkgodens
"Mesoplodon densirostris n. sp." = Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958 beaked whale