Mie: Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornithidae indet. Fürbringer 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Gifu
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 136.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° North, 134.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval: Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mizunami
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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:124788
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-02-24 02:16:29 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-24 02:16:29
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
40386. H. Matsuoka, Y. Koda, K. Ono and Y. Hasegawa. 2003. Pseudodontorn fossils from Japan, with preliminary observations on the maxilla specimen from the Lower Oligocene Iwaki Formation, Fukushima, Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 7:47-59 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]