Izumo: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Uvigerinidae
Abe et al. 1982
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Abe et al. 1982
Abe et al. 1982
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Clinocardium shinjiense (Yokoyama 1923)
Abe et al. 1982
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Abe et al. 1982
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Abe et al. 1982
unclassified
Abe et al. 1982
Abe et al. 1982
Abe et al. 1982
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
1 specimen
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Abe et al. 1982 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Abe et al. 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Shimane
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 132.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 130.4° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fujina
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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
Database number:102978
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-01-21 04:22:09 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-21 04:22:09
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
16986. S. Miyazaki, H. Horikawa, N. Kohno, K. Hirota, M. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Tomida, L. G. Barnes, and C. E. Ray. 1995. Summary of the fossil record of pinnipeds of Japan, and comparisons with that from the eastern North Pacific. The Island Arc 3:361-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

61953 T. Abe, M. Sugiyama, T. Nakamura, T. Hiraoka, and K. Hirota. 1982. New occurrence of Desmostylus from the Miocene Fujina Formation, Shimane prefecture. Earth Science 36:224-228 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]