Fujina: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
Inuzuka et al. 1989 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Shimane
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 133.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 130.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
*Period:Middle Tertiary
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fujina
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: cold water and marine environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Hirota (1979) noted "rib-like fossil bones measuring about 2 cm in width and about 15 cm in length" from Fujina.
Metadata
Also known as:Tamayu
Database number:13068
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:K. Matsui Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-01-18 10:51:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-18 10:51:25
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

12758. K. Hatai, S. Hayasaka, and K. Masuda. 1963. Some fossil tympanics from the Mizuho period of northern Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Museum Research Bulletin 32:5-14 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

13708 K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
43535% 25720N. Inuzuka, K. Takayasu, and S. Tanito. 1989. A metatarsus of Desmostylus from Miocene Fujina Formation, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Chikyau Kagaku 39(6):453-458 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]