Wakamatsu: Chattian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Plotopteridae
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Plotopteridae indet.
Howard 1969
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Metasqualodon symmetricus
Okazaki 1982
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodontidae indet.
Brandt 1873
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Patriocetidae
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? Patriocetus sp.
Abel 1914
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This specimen was reported in Matsumoto (1923), but there was no pictures or illustrations. The original specimen was already lost. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Dugongidae indet.
Gray 1821
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukuoka | County: | Kitakyushu |
Coordinates: | 33.9° North, 130.7° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 127.2° 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 |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Ashiya |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 45834 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | K. Matsui | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-12-07 12:19:19 | Last modified: | 2022-06-24 22:10:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-07 12:19:19 |
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] |
Secondary references:
12148 | M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
14506 | Y. Okazaki. 1992. On a new Mauicetus (Cetacea, Mysticeti) skeleton from Kyushu, Japan. International Geological Congress, Abstracts 29:348-348 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |