Kamakura: Langhian, Japan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Prototaria primigena n. gen., n. sp.
Takeyama and Ozawa 1984
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Japan | State/province: | Fukui |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 139.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 137.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | Shimo |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: sandstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59166 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-17 13:01:01 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-17 13:01:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16908. | K. Takeyama and T. Ozawa. 1984. A new Miocene otarioid seal from Japan. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B Physical and Biological Sciences 40(3):36-39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 82512 | W. Tonomori. 2022. First report of Neotherium mandible from the Miocene Shimane, Japan: Review of basal odobenids in the western North Pacific. Historical Biology 34(1):52-61 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |