Mito, Pliocene (Pliocene of Japan)
Where: Ibaraki, Japan (36.4° N, 140.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 139.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76013: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 Risso's dolphin | |
Kogia prisca pygmy sperm whale |