Kashiwazawa: Tortonian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Desmatophocidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Nagano County:Mizunami
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 138.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 136.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Tortonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Tortonian
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aoki
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:220320
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-05-20 13:55:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-05-20 13:55:44
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

34660. N. Kohno. 1996. Miocene pinniped Allodesmus (Mammalia: Carnivora); with special reference to the "Mito seal" from Ibaraki Prefecture, Central Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series 181:388-404 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

76975 N. Kohno, H. Koike, and K. Narita. 2007. Outline of fossil marine mammals from the Middle Miocene Bessho and Aoki Formations, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Research Report of the Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum 10:1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]