Tochiya: 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 State/province:Satiyama
Coordinates: 36.0° North, 139.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 136.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:Saginosu
Stratigraphy comments: 16.4-15.1 Ma. Age after Matsui & Kawabe (2015).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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:171617
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-07-14 16:11:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-14 16:11:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

55801. O. Sakamoto. 1983. On the occurrence of the two skeletons of Paleoparadoxia tabatai (Tokunaga) from Chichibu Basin, central Japan. Bulletin of the Saitama Museum of Natural History 1:17-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]