Terao: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
1 specimen
Matsui and Kawabe 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Saitama
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:Hiranita
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
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:171618
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-07-14 16:19:07 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-14 16:19:07
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

55803. J. Arai. 1953. New discovery of Desmostylid (Cornwallius? sp.) in the Chichibu Basin (preliminary report). Bulletin of the Chichibu Musuem of Natural History 3:65-86 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

55797 K. Matsui and S. Kawabe. 2015. The Oldest Record of Paleoparadoxia from the Northwest Pacific with an Implication on the Early Evolution of Paleoparadoxiinae (Mammalia: Desmostylia). Paleontological Research 19(3):251-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]