Misato: Burdigalian, Japan
collected by F. Sakakura 1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
(Flower 1867)
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Tanaka et al. 2021 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Osteodontornis sp.
Howard 1957
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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Kuga 1985 | ||||||
| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Mie |
| Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 136.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 133.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous,shelly/skeletal siltstone |
| Lithology description: "Shell bed in the Kamimitsugano tuffaceous siltstone facies of the tuffaceous sandstone and shale Mitsugano Member" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,acetic,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | F. Sakakura | Collection dates: | 1994 |
| Collection method comments: Mizunami Fossil Museum collection
bird specimen was prepared with "acetic acid" | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Minaminagano River | ||
| Database number: | 91579 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-02 19:56:41 | Last modified: | 2021-01-07 14:27:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-02 19:56:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30864. | H. Matsuoka, F. Sakakura, and F. Ohe. 1998. A Miocene pseudodontorn (Pelecaniformes : Pelagornithidae) from the Ichishi Group of Misato, Mie Prefecture, Central Japan. Paleontological Research 2(4):246-252 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 61545 | N. Kuga. 1985. Revision of Neogene Mackerel Shark of Genus Isurus from Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciencem Kyoto University, Series of Geology & Mineralogy 51(1&2):1-20 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] | |
| 75094 | Y. Tanaka, M. Ohara, and T. Kimura. 2021. A fossil dolphin from the Oi Formation, Ichishi Group (late early Miocene) in Japan. Paleontological Research 25(1):19-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |