Do-no-kama (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Niigata, Japan (38.0° N, 138.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 135.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tsurushi Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Originally said to be Serravallian; Radiolarian zones N10 to N13.

•Langhian according to Tanaka et al 1995.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes and K. Hirota. 1995. Miocene pinnipeds of the otariid subfamily Allodesminae in the North Pacific Ocean: Systematics and relationships. The Island Arc 3:329-360 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59181: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Palliolum (Deltopecten) peckhami" = Delectopecten peckhami
"Palliolum (Deltopecten) peckhami" = Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 scallop
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya tokunagai" = Acharax johnsoni
"Solemya tokunagai" = Acharax johnsoni Dall 1891 Awning Clam
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
"Allodesmus sadoensis n. sp." = Allodesmus sinanoensis
"Allodesmus sadoensis n. sp." = Allodesmus sinanoensis Nagao 1941 pinniped