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Ogachi District, Akita Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Ogachi DistrictDistrict
Akita PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
337974
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:337974:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
district d'Ogachi, Akita, Japon
German:
Ogachi Bezirk, Präfektur Akita, Japan
Italian:
Ogachi, prefettura di Akita, Giappone
Russian:
Огати, Акита, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
雄勝郡, 秋田县, 日本
Spanish:
Distrito de Ogachi, Prefectura de Akita, Japón
Arabic:
مقاطعة أوغاتشي, أكيتا, اليابان
Cebuano:
Ogachi-gun, Akita-ken, Hapon
Dutch:
Ogachi District, Akita, Japan
Japanese:
雄勝郡, 秋田県, 日本
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Огати, Жапония
Korean:
오가치군, 아키타현, 일본
Portuguese:
Distrito de Oguchi, Akita, Japão
Traditional Chinese:
雄勝郡, 秋田縣, 日本
Ukrainian:
Повіт Оґаті, Префектура Акіта, Японія


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There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed11.6 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed16.0 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Ogashima - Sugota115.97 - 11.608 Ma (Miocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Desmostylus hesperus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Desmostylidae : Desmostylus : Desmostylus hesperus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogachi_District,_Akita
Wikidata ID:Q1156527
GeoNames ID:7443147


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