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Takikawa, Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Lat/Long (Decimal)43.5564,141.951
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationHokkaido, Japan
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
TakikawaFurusawa H. (1984)5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Odontoceti
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Champsodelphis : Odontoceti5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Orcinus orca
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Orcinus : Orcinus orca5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Eschrichtiidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Eschrichtiidae5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Hydrodamalinae
subfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae : Hydrodamalinae5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene
Sirenia
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia5.333 - 3.6 Ma
Neogene

References

Furusawa H., Kimura M. (1982) Discovery of new species of Sirenia from the lower Pliocene in the Sorachi River, Takikawa city, Hokkaido, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 88, 849-852
Furusawa H. (1984) Discovery of a juvenile sirenian rib from the lower Pliocene in the Sorachi River, Takikawa city, Hokkaido, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 90 5, 345-347
Oishi M., Hasegawa Y. (1995) A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan, The Island Arc 3, 493-505
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