Shiretoko (Holocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (45.3° N, 141.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 141.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: Y. Uni. 2006. Whales, dorphines [dolphins] and porpoises off Shiretoko. Bulletin of the Shiretoko Museum 27:37-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 82088: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Berardius bairdii Stejneger 1883 beaked whale
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcinus orca, "Lagenorhynchus obliquidens" = Sagmatias obliquidens
Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 orca
"Lagenorhynchus obliquidens" = Sagmatias obliquidens Gill 1865 Pacific white-sided dolphin
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Phocoenoides dalli True 1885 Dall's porpoise
Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus 1758 harbor porpoise
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 humpback whale
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 fin whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 minke whale
Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758 blue whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
"Balaena glacialis" = Eubalaena glacialis
"Balaena glacialis" = Eubalaena glacialis Muller 1776 North Atlantic right whale