Kaigarazaka, Naganuma, locality 2-4: Chibanian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Gastropoda - Archaeogastropoda
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten albicans naganumanus Schröter 1802
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.4° North, 139.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Chibanian
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Naganuma
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: From the middle part of the Naganuma Formation. The Naganuma Formation is dated around 0.5 Ma from biostratigraphy and ash beds (Ozawa, 2019).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue unlithified "shale"
Lithology description: Bluish-gray shale
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: Mollusks suggest sublittoral setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum
Metadata
Database number:277597
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2026-01-31 20:08:07 Last modified:2026-01-31 20:08:07
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:

94081. T. Uyeno and Y. Matsushima. 1979. Comparative study of teeth from Naganuma Formation of Middle Pleistocene and Recent specimens of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias from Japan. Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, Natural Science 11:11-30 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]