Takahara: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Shimane
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 132.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° North, 130.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bihoku
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: coarse grains of sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:52017
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-07-12 06:54:53 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-07-12 06:54:53
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]