Sanyama: Burdigalian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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Paleoparadoxia sp.
Reinhart 1959
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Saitama |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 140.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.6° North, 137.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
| Geological group: | Hikokubo | Formation: | Ushikubitoge | Member: | Tomita |
| Stratigraphy comments: 19 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine 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: | Kogane, Koganezawa | ||
| Database number: | 91601 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-05 10:39:08 | Last modified: | 2015-07-14 16:49:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-05 10:39:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30877. | H. Saegusa. 2002. A partial skeleton of Paleoparadoxia from San-yama, Ogano-cho, Saitama Prefecture, central Japan. Nature and Human Activities 7:1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 55797 | K. Matsui and S. Kawabe. 2015. The Oldest Record of Paleoparadoxia from the Northwest Pacific with an Implication on the Early Evolution of Paleoparadoxiinae (Mammalia: Desmostylia). Paleontological Research 19(3):251-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |