Yanai (Miocene of Japan)
Also known as Kagani, Yadtaba-machi, Yatsuka-gun Kyochoji, Yado-machi, Yatsuka-gun
Where: Shimane, Japan (35.4° N, 132.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 131.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Fujina Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained siltstone
• fine-grained sandstone, dark ash color
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 52005: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark | |
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Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark | |
| Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |