Tadenuma: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Osteodontornis sp. Howard 1957
Ono 1989 1 specimen
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sp. Brisson 1760
Ono 1983 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
Paleoparadoxia tabatai (Tokunaga 1939)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea
Diorocetus sp. Kellogg 1968
Kimura et al. 2000 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Saitama
Coordinates: 36.0° North, 139.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 136.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chichibumachi Formation:Nagura
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: 16.4-15.1 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: tropical, shallow, reef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Onohara, Ohnohara
Database number:54183
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-09-26 13:00:56 Last modified:2017-02-26 15:49:17
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-26 13:00:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55802. H. Fujimoto and O. Sakamota. 1978. A preliminary report on Paleoparadoxia sp. discovered from the Tertiary system of Chichibu basin, central Japan. Bulletin of the Chichibu Museum of Natural History 18:1-10 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

14656 T. Kimura, O. Sakamoto, and Y. Hasegawa. 2000. A middle Miocene cetothere from the Chichibumachi Group, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Saitama Museum of Natural History 18:31-39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
40969 K. Ono. 1983. A Miocene bird (gannet) from Chichibu Basin, central Japan. Bulletin of the Saitama Museum of Natural History 1:11-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
40948 K. Ono. 1989. A bony-toothed bird from the middle Miocene, Chichibu Basin, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C 15(1):33-38 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
55801 O. Sakamoto. 1983. On the occurrence of the two skeletons of Paleoparadoxia tabatai (Tokunaga) from Chichibu Basin, central Japan. Bulletin of the Saitama Museum of Natural History 1:17-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]