Fujina: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
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Mizuhoptera fujinensis n. gen., n. sp.
Hatai et al. 1963
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Osteichthyes
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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| Inuzuka et al. 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||
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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] | |
| 4353 | 5% 25720 | N. 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] |