Katashima Island: Chattian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Metasqualodon symmetricus
Okazaki 1982
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukuoka |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° North, 130.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 127.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45833 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-07 11:47:18 | Last modified: | 2010-09-24 13:55:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-07 11:47:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12179. | Y. Okazaki. 1987. Additional materials of Metasqualodon symmetricus (Cetacea: Mammalia) from the Oligocene Ashiya Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 7:133-138 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |