Hakui-gun (Loc. 3): Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cassidulina margareta
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia sp. Desor 1853
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxia sp. Reinhart 1959
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus acanthodon
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias superciliosus (Lowe 1840)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis volax
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Two fragmental teeth specimens (KUE1677, 1642)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Isurus planus (Agassiz 1856)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Eugomphodus acutissima
synonym of Carcharias
Eugomphodus cuspidatus
synonym of Carcharias
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus gigas (Sismonda 1857)
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859
Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788)
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium yokoyamai
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Gloripallium crassivenium (Yokoyama 1929)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma acutilineatum (Conrad 1849)
recombined as Lucinoma acutilineata
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Buccella lanai
Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokuriku
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 136.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.8° North, 134.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene Nannofossil zone: CN4-CN5a
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sekinobana
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: CN4 to CN5a of Calcareous Nannoplankton Zone by Okada and Bukry (Kami et a!. , 1981) .
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomeratic sandstone
Lithology description: Pebbly conglomerate, coarse-grained sandstone, coquina and fine to medium- grained sandstone
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The described specimens are reposited at the Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University.
Metadata
Database number:161492
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-06 20:46:32 Last modified:2014-09-06 20:46:32
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-06 20:46:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52618. H. Karasawa. 1989. Late Cenozoic Elasmobranchs from the Hokuriku district, central Japan. The Science reports of the Kanazawa University 34(1):1-57 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]