Towa-Sekizai (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Chiba, Japan (35.2° N, 139.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 138.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Senhata Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Yabe and R. Hirayama. 1998. Selachian fauna from the Upper Miocene Senhata Formation, Boso Peninsula, Central Japan. Natural History Research 5:33-61 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 202927: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.07.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Dalatias licha
Dalatias licha Bonnaterre 1788 shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp.
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
A, B, C, D, E
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp.
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon carcharias, Isurus oxyrinchus
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp.
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon, Parotodus benedeni
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus lanceolatus
Pristiophorus lanceolatus Davis 1888 saw shark