Tozawa: Early Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Otariidae
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| Miyazaki 1996 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| sea lion bearing a strong morphological resemblance to Thalassoleon mexicanus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Yamagata |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 140.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.6° North, 139.3° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nakawatari |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | Tozawa-mura | ||
| Database number: | 102184 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-11 06:06:13 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-11 06:06:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70357. | H. Furusawa. 2005. Evolution of the North Pacific Sirenia (Hydrodamalinae) and their paleoenvironment. Fossils 77:29-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 34720 | S. Miyazaki. 1996. A new Pliocene fur seal from Tozawa-mura, Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan. International Geological Conference Abstracts 30:138 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |