Horaigi Railroad Station: Middle Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Aulopiformes
- Polymerichthyidae
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Polymerichthys nagurai n. gen., n. sp.
Uyeno 1967
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Aichi |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 137.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° North, 135.3° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tubozawa |
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: | 204547 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-09-11 12:23:34 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-11 12:23:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70142. | T. Uyeno. 1967. A Miocene Alepisauroid Fish of a New Family, Polymerichthyidae, from Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 10(3):383-392 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |