Kuzuhara: Langhian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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Paleoparadoxia tabatai
(Tokunaga 1939)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Stegodontidae
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Stegolophodon pseudolatidens
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Saegusa 2008 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 36.6° North, 137.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 134.5° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kurosedani | Member: | Yamadanaka Tuff | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 15.3 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Yatsuomachi, Yatsuo | ||
| Database number: | 93790 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-02 17:52:14 | Last modified: | 2015-07-14 14:57:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-02 17:52:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38198. | K. Kaneko and N. Inuzuka. 1992. Desmostylian fossils from the Yatsuo Group in Toyama Prefecture, Central Japan and their paleoenvironments. Chikyu Kagaku = Earth Science 46(2):153-164 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 55797 | K. Matsui and S. Kawabe. 2015. The Oldest Record of Paleoparadoxia from the Northwest Pacific with an Implication on the Early Evolution of Paleoparadoxiinae (Mammalia: Desmostylia). Paleontological Research 19(3):251-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 31889 | H. Saegusa. 2008. Dwarf Stegolophodon from the Miocene of Japan Passengers on sinking boats. Quaternary International 182:49-62 [M. Uhen/M. Kanojia/M. Uhen] |