Hannoura, Notojima-machi, Kashima-gun (Loc. 6): Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori (Sismonda 1849)
Isurus planus (Agassiz 1856)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
One fragmental tooth specimen (KUE1287)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus egertoni (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus gigas (Sismonda 1857)
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 137.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 135.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:Hannoura
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Lithology description: Fine-grained calcareous sandstone and pebbly conglomerate
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
Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University.
Metadata
Database number:161495
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Modifier:M. Clapham
Created:2014-09-06 21:13:23 Last modified:2026-03-23 12:33:59
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-06 21:13:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

52618. H. Karasawa. 1989. Late Cenozoic elasmobranchs from the Hokuriku district, central Japan. Science Reports of Kanazawa University 34(1):1-57 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/M. Clapham]