Maneami: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 137.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° North, 134.5° East (Wright 2013)
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
Formation:Maneami Member:Calcareous Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: 14 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:171614
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-07-14 14:44:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-14 14:44:22
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

55800. N. Inuzuka and H. Karasawa. 1986. Some fossils of Paleoparadoxia from Miocene calcareous sandstones on the Noto Peninsula, central Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 40:294-300 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]