Tsunozu: Late Pliocene, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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| 2 specimens | |||||||
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Osteichthyes
- Cervidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Shimane | County: | Tsunozu |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 132.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 131.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tsunozu |
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: | 52018 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-12 07:02:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-12 07:02:00 |
| 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] |