Tatsunokuchi gorge below the bridge: Zanclean, Japan
collected by K. Masuda 1963
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| IGPS 85998 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 140.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° North, 140.0° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tatsunokuchi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of the Tatsunokuchi | |||||
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: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | K. Masuda | Collection dates: | 1963 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tokohu University (IGPS) | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 278459 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2026-03-23 22:58:25 | Last modified: | 2026-03-23 22:58:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
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Reference information
Primary reference:
| 94397. | K. Hatai, M. Murata, and K. Masuda. 1965. A sting ray and eagle ray from the Tatsunokuchi Formation (Pliocene) in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 57:34-37 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |