Kimachi: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Paleoparadoxiidae
1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus desori (Sismonda 1849)
Kuga 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 133.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 130.6° 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:Kimachi
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
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:171621
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-07-14 16:58:39 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-14 16:58:39
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

55805. M. Okubo, K. Takayasu, and K. Hirota. 1980. New find of Paleoparadoxia form the KImachi Formation, Southwest Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 34:350-353 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

61545 N. Kuga. 1985. Revision of Neogene Mackerel Shark of Genus Isurus from Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Sciencem Kyoto University, Series of Geology & Mineralogy 51(1&2):1-20 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]