Kamkura: Early Pleistocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Kanagawa |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 139.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 139.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | 204966 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-01 21:51:44 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-01 21:51:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70357. | H. Furusawa. 2005. Evolution of the North Pacific Sirenia (Hydrodamalinae) and their paleoenvironment. Fossils 77:29-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |