Okinawa-Jima (Loc. 43): Pliocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966
Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Okinawa-Jima
Coordinates: 26.5° North, 127.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Authors cite Uyeno et al. 1974
Metadata
Database number:161452
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-05 14:23:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-05 14:23:16
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
52598. Y. Yabumoto and T. Uyeno. 1994. Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. The Island Arc 3:255-269 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]