Hirara: Zanclean, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Trilophoodon sp.
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Elaphe taeniura
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo ? emys
Schlegel and Müller 1840
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Clemmys cf. mutica
(Cantor 1842)
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| recombined as Mauremys mutica | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus cf. legata
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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? Capreolus sp.
Gray 1821
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Capreolus miyakoensis
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? Metacervulus astylodon
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Cetotheriidae indet.
(Brandt 1872)
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 24.8° North, 125.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.1° North, 124.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: shallow, restricted marine environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55664 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-02 07:01:23 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 16:42:00 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2006-02-02 07:01:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15031. | Y. Hasegawa, H. Otsuka, and T. Nohara. 1973. Fossil vertebrates from the Miyako Island. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 6:39-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 15356 | T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa. 2004. An outline of the Miocene cetotheres of Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 8:79-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |