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Setana, Japan

FormationSetana
Age:2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
IntervalEarly Pleistocene
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences6

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
NeppuShiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, JapanSetana
KuromatsunaiShiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, JapanSetana
ImaganeMutsu City, Aomori Prefecture, JapanSetana
AkatamobuchiOshima Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, JapanSetana

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Otariinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae : Otariinae2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Balaenopteridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Orcinus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Orcinus2.588 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Strongylocentrotus echinoides
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Strongylocentrotidae : Strongylocentrotus : Strongylocentrotus echinoides5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Strongylocentrotus intermedius
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Strongylocentrotidae : Strongylocentrotus : Strongylocentrotus intermedius5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic

References

Nisiyama S. (1966) The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part I, Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 11, 1-277
Kohno N., Tomida Y. (1993) Marine mammal teeth (Otariidae and Delphinidae) from the early Pleistocene Setana Formation, Hokkaido, Japan, Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 18 4, 139-146
Oishi M., Hasegawa Y. (1995) A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan, The Island Arc 3, 493-505
Furusawa H., Yokoyama H., et al (2010) A balaenopterid skull (Order Cetacea) from the Early Pleistocene of Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido, Japan, Fossils 87, 23-27
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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