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Taku City, Saga Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Taku CityCity
Saga PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
338758
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:338758:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Taku, Saga, Japon
German:
Taku, Präfektur Saga, Japan
Italian:
Taku, prefettura di Saga, Giappone
Russian:
Таку, Сага, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
多久市, 佐贺县, 日本
Spanish:
Taku, prefectura de Saga, Japón
Arabic:
تاكو , ساغا, اليابان
Asturian:
Taku, prefeutura de Saga, Xapón
Bengali:
টাকু, সাগা প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল, জাপান
Cebuano:
Taku Shi, Saga-ken, Hapon
Classical Chinese:
多久市, 佐賀縣, 日本
Danish:
Taku, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Dutch:
Taku, Saga, Japan
Farsi/Persian:
تاکو، ساگا, استان ساگا, ژاپن
Finnish:
Taku, Sagan prefektuuri, Japani
Galician:
Taku, Prefectura de Saga, Xapón
Greek:
Τακού, Σάγκα, Ιαπωνία
Gujarati:
તાકુ, સાગા પ્રીફેક્ચર, જાપાન
Hebrew:
טקאו, סאגה, יפן
Hindi:
ताकू, सागा प्रान्त, जापान
Indonesian:
Taku, Prefektur Saga, Jepang
Japanese:
多久市, 佐賀県, 日本
Kannada:
ತಕು, ಸಾಗಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್, ಜಪಾನ್
Korean:
다쿠시, 사가현, 일본
Latvian:
Taku, Sagas prefektūra, Japāna
Lithuanian:
Taku, Sagos prefektūra, Japonija
Malay:
Taku, Wilayah Saga, Jepun
Marathi:
ताकू, सागा, जपान
Mazanderani:
تاکو، ساگا, جاپون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Taku-chhī, Saga-koān, Ji̍t-pún
Norwegian:
Taku, Saga, Japan
Polish:
Taku, Prefektura Saga, Japonia
Portuguese:
Taku, Saga, Japão
Romanian:
Taku, Prefectura Saga, Japonia
Sinhalese:
ටකු, සගා ප්‍රාන්තය, ජපානය
Swedish:
Taku, Saga prefektur, Japan
Tagalog:
Taku, Prepektura ng Saga, Hapon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Таку, Префектураи Сага, Ҷопон
Tamil:
தாக்கு, சகா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே, யப்பான்
Telugu:
తాకు, సాగా ప్రిఫెక్చర్, జపాన్
Thai:
เทคคาดี่, จังหวัดซางะ, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
多久, 佐賀縣, 日本
Turkish:
Taku, Saga, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Таку, Префектура Саґа, Японія
Urdu:
تاکو, سگا پریفیکچر, جاپان
Vietnamese:
Taku, Saga, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Taku, Saga, Hapon


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Fossils

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

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed28.4 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed37.2 Ma (Eocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kishima133.9 - 28.1 Ma (Oligocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Ctenocheles sujakui
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Ctenochelidae : Ctenocheles : Ctenocheles sujakui37.2 - 28.4 Ma
Paleogene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taku,_Saga
Wikidata ID:Q877177
GeoNames ID:1850771


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