Jingujii: Langhian, 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:Miyagi County:Watari
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 140.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.4° North, 137.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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:Yamairi
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:220321
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-05-20 14:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-05-20 14:00:00
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]