Shiomizaki: Langhian - Burdigalian, 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 sp.
Reinhart 1959
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Aomori | County: | Fukaura |
| Coordinates: | 40.7° North, 140.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° North, 137.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Langhian - Burdigalian | Nannofossil zone: | N8 |
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 16.4 to 15.1 Ma (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tanosawa | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle Miocene | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 171802 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-07-20 09:27:36 | Last modified: | 2015-07-20 09:28:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-20 09:27:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55841. | T. Shimaguchi. 2008. A desmostylian coxal bone from the Middle Miocene of Shiomizaki, Fukaura Town, Aomori Prefecture, Northeast Japan. Journal of Fossil Research 41(1):41-45 [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] |