Sawane: Middle Miocene, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Isurus desori (Sismonda 1849)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
unclassified
Osteichthyes - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Sirenia
Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Pinnipedia
Osteichthyes - Cetacea
Osteichthyes - Scorpaeniformes - Scorpaenidae
Sebastes sp. Cuvier 1829
Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817
Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Hexagrammidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Niigata
Coordinates: 38.0° North, 138.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 135.8° 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:Tsurushi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment: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
Database number:56884
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-28 12:55:01 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-28 12:55:01
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
15332. K. Ono and T. Uyeno. 1985. Tertiary vertebrates from Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Central Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 18:65-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]