Kashima: Priabonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Chondrichthyes - Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido County:Yubari
Coordinates: 43.1° North, 141.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.5° North, 136.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Priabonian
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Poronai
Stratigraphy comments: originally Upper Oligocene
fifth zone of the Poronai Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: cold sea environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:202922
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-07-23 13:21:28 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-23 13:21:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

61546. S. Applegate and T. Uyeno. 1968. The First Discovery of a Fossil Tooth belonging to the Shark Genus Heptracnchias, with a New Pristiophorus Spine, Both from the Oligocene of Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 11(2):195-201 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]