Hirara: Zanclean, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
Kimura and Hasegawa 2004
Osteichthyes - Cervidae
Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Muridae
Osteichthyes - Colubridae
schmackeri
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Clemmys cf. mutica (Cantor 1842)
Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo ? emys Schlegel and Müller 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 24.8° North, 125.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Zanclean
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Shimajiri Formation:Tomori
Stratigraphy comments: Shimajiri Formation according to Oishi and Hasegawa (1995); Shimajiri Group according to Kimara and Hasegawa (2004)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: shallow, restricted marine environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:55664
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-02 07:01:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:database members Released:2006-02-02 07:01:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
15031. Y. Hasegawa, H. Otsuka, and T. Nohara. 1973. Fossil vertebrates from the Miyako Island. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 6:39-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

15356 T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa. 2004. An outline of the Miocene cetotheres of Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 8:79-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]