Nagara Dam construction site: Chibanian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.5° North, 140.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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 |
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: | 277718 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2026-02-07 17:38:36 | Last modified: | 2026-02-07 17:38:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
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Reference information
Primary reference:
| 94153. | M. Goto, T. Kikuchi, S. Sekimoto and T. Noma. 1984. Fossil teeth of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, from the Kazusa and Shimosa Groups (Pliocene to Pleistocene) in Boso Peninsula and Shimosa Upland, central Japan. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 38:420-426 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |