Obara: Langhian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Perissodactyla
- Paleoparadoxiidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Okayama | County: | Misaki-cho |
| Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 134.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 131.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: middle Miocene, 14Ma? |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,blue siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Blue-gray siltstone, including the non-dark-gray siltstone and carbonaceous material | |
| Environment: | peritidal |
| Geology comments: These are sediments of intertidal zone from shallow water | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 171034 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-07-01 11:28:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-01 11:28:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55671. | A. Fukuchi and S. Suzuki. 2014. Paleoparadoxia from the middle Miocene of Obara, Misaki-cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Okayama University Earth Science Reports 21(1):7-11 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |