Jakuzan: Late Miocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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| 2 elements | |||||||
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Pinnipedia
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Osteichthyes
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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| Shikama 1966 | 1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.4° North, 133.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 131.4° 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: | Fujina |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | blue siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: blu-ash colored siltstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Yumachi | ||
| Database number: | 52001 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-11 11:26:56 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-11 11:26:56 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 52674 | H. Matsumoto. 1918. A contribution to the morphology, paleobiology and systematic of Desmostylus. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Sendai Japan 3:61-74 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 30804 | T. Shikama. 1966. Postcranial skeletons of Japanese Desmostylia. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 12:1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |