Jakuzan: Late Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
2 elements
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Pinnipedia
Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Desmostylidae
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]