Dogama: Langhian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polycystinea
- Spumellaria
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Desmatophocidae
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| Kohno 1996 | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| Kawatani and Kohno 2020 | ||||||||||
| Uhen 2500 | ||||||||||
| cf. Berardius or Tasmacetus as per James G. Mead | ||||||||||
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Osteichthyes
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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| Oishi and Hasegawa 1995 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 138.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 135.7° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tsurushi | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early Middle, N10-N11 of Blow. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: calcareous nodule | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Sohama beach, Ogi | ||
| Database number: | 56305 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-16 12:54:21 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-16 12:54:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15168. | K. Takahashi, M. Nomura, and I. Kobayashi. 1989. A fossil cetacean skull (Berardius sp. indet.) from Dogama, Ogi-machi, Sado Island, Central Japan. Chikyu Kagaku 43(2):102-105 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 74095 | A. Kawatani and N. Kohno. 2020. Recognition of the deep-diving cetacean fauna from the Middle Miocene of the Western North Pacific. SVP Abstracts [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 34660 | N. Kohno. 1996. Miocene pinniped Allodesmus (Mammalia: Carnivora); with special reference to the "Mito seal" from Ibaraki Prefecture, Central Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series 181:388-404 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12148 | M. Oishi and Y. Hasegawa. 1995. A list of fossil cetaceans in Japan. The Island Arc 3:493-505 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |