Nemuro (Loc. 1) (Cretaceous of Japan)

Where: Hokkaido, Japan (43.3° N, 145.6° E: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 136.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 1994. Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. The Island Arc 3:255-269 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161434: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 05.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

• Authors cite Uyeno & Matsui 1993
Chondrichthyes
  - Clamydoselachidae
Clamydoselachidae indet. cartilaginous fish
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notidanodon lanceolatus Woodward 1886 cow shark
 Synechodontiformes - Orthacodontidae
Sphenodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 goblin shark
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Sclerorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 ray
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalidae indet., "Centrophoroides latidens" = Squalus latidens
Squalidae indet. Bonaparte 1834 dogfish shark
"Centrophoroides latidens" = Squalus latidens Davis 1887 dogfish shark
Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophidae indet. Gill 1893 lanternfish