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Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Kimitsu CityCity
Chiba PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kimitsu92,126 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
338014
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:338014:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Kimitsu, Chiba, Japon
German:
Kimitsu, Präfektur Chiba, Japan
Italian:
Kimitsu, prefettura di Chiba, Giappone
Russian:
Кимицу, Тиба, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
君津市, 千葉縣, 日本
Spanish:
Kimitsu, Prefectura de Chiba, Japón
Arabic:
كيميتسو , تشيبا, اليابان
Asturian:
Kimitsu, prefeutura de Chiba, Xapón
Belarusian:
Кіміцу, Тыба , Японія
Bengali:
কিমিৎসু, চিবা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল, জাপান
Cebuano:
Kimitsu, Chiba-ken, Hapon
Classical Chinese:
君津市, 千葉縣, 日本
Danish:
Kimitsu, Chiba-præfekturet, Japan
Dutch:
Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan
Esperanto:
Kimicu, Gubernio Ĉiba, Japanio
Farsi/Persian:
کیمیتسو، چیبا, استان چیبا, ژاپن
Finnish:
Kimitsu, Chiban prefektuuri, Japani
Galician:
Kimitsu, Prefectura de Chiba, Xapón
Greek:
Κιμίτσου, Τσίμπα, Ιαπωνία
Gujarati:
કિમિત્સુ, ચિબા પ્રીફેકચર, જાપાન
Hindi:
किमित्सू, शिबा प्रीफेक्चर, जापान
Indonesian:
Kimitsu, Prefektur Chiba, Jepang
Japanese:
君津市, 千葉県, 日本
Kannada:
ಕಿಮಿತ್ಸು, ಚಿಬಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್, ಜಪಾನ್
Korean:
기미쓰시, 지바현, 일본
Latvian:
Kimitsu, Čibas prefektūra, Japāna
Lithuanian:
Kimitsu, Čibos prefektūra, Japonija
Malagasy:
Kimitsu, Japana
Malay:
Kimitsu, Wilayah Chiba, Jepun
Marathi:
किमीस्टु, चिबा, जपान
Mazanderani:
کیمیتسو، چیبا, جاپون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Kimitu-chhī, Tiba-koān, Ji̍t-pún
Norwegian:
Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan
Polish:
Kimitsu, Prefektura Chiba, Japonia
Portuguese:
Kimitsu, Chiba, Japão
Romanian:
Kimitsu, Prefectura Chiba, Japonia
Sinhalese:
කිමිට්සු, චිබා ප්‍රාන්තය, ජපානය
South Azerbaijani:
کیمیتسو، چیبا, چیبا اوستانی, ژاپون
Swahili:
Kimitsu, Mkoa wa Chiba, Japani
Swedish:
Kimitsu, Chiba prefektur, Japan
Tagalog:
Kimitsu, Prepektura ng Chiba, Hapon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Кимитсу, Префектураи Чиба, Ҷопон
Tamil:
கிமிட்சு, சீபா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர், யப்பான்
Telugu:
కిమీసు, చిబా ప్రిఫెక్చర్, జపాన్
Thai:
คิมิสึ, จังหวัดชิบะ, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
君津, 千葉縣, 日本
Tumbuka:
Kimitsu, Japan
Turkish:
Kimitsu, Chiba ili, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Кіміцу, Префектура Тіба, Японія
Urdu:
کیمیتسو، چیبا, چیبا پریفیکچر, جاپان
Vietnamese:
Kimitsu, Chiba, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Kimitsu, Chiba, Hapon


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Fossils

There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences15
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed5.33 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kazusa10.781 - 0.126 Ma (Pleistocene)
Kazusa - Ichijiku20.781 - 0.126 Ma (Pleistocene)
Sanuki11.806 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)
Ichijiku12.588 - 0.0117 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Caryophyllia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Caryophyllia2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Tursiops
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Tursiops2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Delphinidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Mysticeti
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Mysticeti0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Pseudorca yokoyamai
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Pseudorca : Pseudorca yokoyamai5.333 - 2.588 Ma
Cenozoic
Peponocyathus orientalis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Peponocyathus : Peponocyathus orientalis2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Heterocyathus aequicostatus
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Heterocyathus : Heterocyathus aequicostatus2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Flabellum transversale
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Flabellidae : Flabellum : Flabellum transversale2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Stephanophyllia fungulus
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Micrabaciidae : Stephanophyllia : Stephanophyllia fungulus2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Heterocyathus japonicus
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Heterocyathus : Heterocyathus japonicus2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) compressa
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Caryophyllia : Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) compressa2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Kurakithyris nipponensis
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Kurakithyris : Kurakithyris nipponensis0.781 - 0.126 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 6 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimitsu
Wikidata ID:Q637928
GeoNames ID:1859468


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