Takasaki: 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:Gunma
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 139.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 137.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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:Haraichi
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:220324
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-05-20 15:21:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-05-20 15:21:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

16986. S. Miyazaki, H. Horikawa, N. Kohno, K. Hirota, M. Kimura, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Tomida, L. G. Barnes, and C. E. Ray. 1995. Summary of the fossil record of pinnipeds of Japan, and comparisons with that from the eastern North Pacific. The Island Arc 3:361-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

76950 W. Tonomori, S. Kawano, K. Otsua and H. Hayashi. 2021. Report of an allodesmine humerus from Shimane, Japan: summary of Japanese allodesmines. Historical Biology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]