Do-ai: Late/Upper Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Hydrodamalis sp.
Retzius 1794
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Nagano | County: | Kamin-minochigun |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 138.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 137.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Shigarami, UCMP V-70112, Togakushi | ||
| Database number: | 110133 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-02 01:50:50 | Last modified: | 2019-10-01 21:55:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-02 01:50:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36307. | T. Shikama and D. P. Domning. 1970. Pliocene Sirenia in Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series 80:390-396 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 70357 | H. Furusawa. 2005. Evolution of the North Pacific Sirenia (Hydrodamalinae) and their paleoenvironment. Fossils 77:29-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |