Agenoki-machi: Late Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdonidae
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Pinnipedia
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 133.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 131.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fushina
Stratigraphy comments: Fujina Formation?
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fine grains of sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:51997
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-07-11 11:03:29 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-07-11 11:03:29
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

13708. K. Hirota. 1979. A list of vertebrate fossils from the Shimame Prefecture. Fossil Club Bulletin 13:21-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]