Kumaoisawa, Mikasa City: Late Turonian - Coniacian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Chlamydoselachidae
1 specimen
MCM.A896
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 43.3° North, 142.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.1° North, 141.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian - Coniacian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Late Turonian - Coniacian
Age range of interval: 93.9 - 85.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Yezo
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Uf-Uh Formations of the Upper Yezo Group, upper Turonian to Coniacian, on the basis of Inoceramus uwajimensis, Anagaudryceras limatum, and Neophylloceras subramosum found in the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green lithified sandy mudstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Mikasa City Museum (MCM)
Metadata
Database number:278450
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2026-03-23 17:24:54 Last modified:2026-03-23 17:24:54
Access level:the public Released:0000-00-00 00:00:00
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Reference information

Primary reference:

94394. M. Goto and The Japanese Club for Fossil Shark Tooth Research. 2004. Tooth remains of chlamydoselachian sharks from Japan and their phylogeny and paleoecology. Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku) 58:361-374 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]