Shiga: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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| 2 specimens | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Ishikawa |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 136.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.7° North, 134.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | Sekinohana |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: calcareous sandstone | |
| 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
| Database number: | 118412 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-10-14 06:43:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-14 06:43:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38155. | K. Suzuki and T. Yamamoto. 2010. Histological observation of Paleoparadoxia incisor from the Noto Peninsula, Japan. International Journal of Oral-Medical Science 9(2):154-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |