Annaka City: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
27 individual teeth. 21 teeth show good preservation, 11 teeth found in situ, 14 teeth from the original rock material
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Gunma
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 138.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° North, 136.5° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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
Geological group:Tomioka Formation:Yoshii
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Metadata
Database number:161520
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Pimiento
Created:2014-09-07 12:54:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-07 12:54:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

52628. M. Goto, F. Kobayashi, and S. Osawa. 1983. On a dentition of giant extinct shark, Carcharodon megalodon, from Annaka City, Gumma Prefecture, Japan (Preliminary report). Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 89(10):597-598 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]